Measures against Swiss ‘signatures scam’ appear to have an effect
Federal Chancellor Viktor Rossi says the number of suspected forged signatures has fallen again.
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The measures taken to prevent forged signatures being used for people's initiatives in Switzerland appear to be having an impact. Federal Chancellor Viktor Rossi says the number of suspected forged signatures has fallen again.
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“I am confident that we have passed the peak,” said Rossi in an interview with the SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin Dimanche newspapers published on Sunday.
The recently publicised criminal charges against five signature collections for initiatives date back to a time before the new measures.
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