Federal Office of Police (fedpol)

E696993

federal agency of Switzerland law enforcement agency national police authority

The Federal Office of Police (fedpol) is Switzerland’s national police authority responsible for coordinating law enforcement across cantons, combating serious and organized crime, and supporting domestic and international security operations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Office of Police	3
Bundesamt für Polizei	1
Federal Office of Police (fedpol) canonical	1
Federal Office of Police fedpol	1
Office fédéral de la police	1
federal police (fedpol)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7919434 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Office of Police (fedpol)
Context triple: [cantonalPoliceForces, cooperateWith, Federal Office of Police (fedpol)]

A. Federal Department of Justice and Police
The Federal Department of Justice and Police is a key Swiss federal department responsible for national security, law enforcement, migration, and the administration of justice.
B. Federal Ministry of Police Affairs
The Federal Ministry of Police Affairs is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for overseeing and formulating policies for the Nigeria Police Force and related internal security matters.
C. Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany
The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany is the country’s central investigative law enforcement agency responsible for coordinating national and international criminal investigations, including serious and organized crime.
D. Federal Office of Justice of Germany
The Federal Office of Justice of Germany is the central federal authority responsible for implementing and supporting judicial and legal administrative tasks at the national level.
E. Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz is Germany’s domestic intelligence agency responsible for protecting the democratic constitutional order from extremist and espionage threats.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Office of Police (fedpol)
Target entity description: The Federal Office of Police (fedpol) is Switzerland’s national police authority responsible for coordinating law enforcement across cantons, combating serious and organized crime, and supporting domestic and international security operations.

A. Federal Department of Justice and Police
The Federal Department of Justice and Police is a key Swiss federal department responsible for national security, law enforcement, migration, and the administration of justice.
B. Federal Ministry of Police Affairs
The Federal Ministry of Police Affairs is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for overseeing and formulating policies for the Nigeria Police Force and related internal security matters.
C. Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany
The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany is the country’s central investigative law enforcement agency responsible for coordinating national and international criminal investigations, including serious and organized crime.
D. Federal Office of Justice of Germany
The Federal Office of Justice of Germany is the central federal authority responsible for implementing and supporting judicial and legal administrative tasks at the national level.
E. Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz is Germany’s domestic intelligence agency responsible for protecting the democratic constitutional order from extremist and espionage threats.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency of Switzerland ⓘ law enforcement agency ⓘ national police authority ⓘ
abbreviation	fedpol ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Europol ⓘ Interpol ⓘ cantonal police forces of Switzerland ⓘ linked to: cantonalPoliceForces international law enforcement agencies ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
employerType	federal government ⓘ
governedBy	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
hasScope	domestic security ⓘ international security cooperation ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.fedpol.admin.ch ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bern ⓘ
jurisdiction	Swiss Confederation ⓘ linked to: Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
languageOfWork	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
legalBasis	Swiss federal law on police and criminal matters ⓘ linked to: Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
mandate	coordinate national responses to major criminal threats ⓘ manage federal police databases and information exchange ⓘ support cantonal authorities in complex investigations ⓘ
nativeName	Bundesamt für Polizei ⓘ linked to: Federal Office of Police (fedpol) Office fédéral de la police ⓘ linked to: Federal Office of Police (fedpol) Ufficio federale di polizia ⓘ linked to: Federal Department of Justice and Police
oversees	Swiss National Central Bureau of Interpol ⓘ linked to: INTERPOL National Central Bureau network
partOf	Federal Department of Justice and Police ⓘ
responsibleFor	combating organized crime ⓘ combating serious crime ⓘ combating terrorism ⓘ combating violent extremism ⓘ coordination of law enforcement between Swiss cantons ⓘ federal criminal police tasks ⓘ international police cooperation ⓘ police information systems at federal level ⓘ protection of persons under federal protection ⓘ witness protection at federal level ⓘ
sector	law enforcement ⓘ public security ⓘ
supervisedBy	Federal Department of Justice and Police ⓘ
typeOfCrimeAddressed	cybercrime ⓘ human trafficking ⓘ money laundering ⓘ organized crime ⓘ serious violent crime ⓘ terrorism ⓘ
uses	national criminal intelligence systems ⓘ

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