Annual Reports
Annual reports offer insights into MROS activities. They include annual statistics and shed light on relevant strategic developments and MROS practices.
- Annual Report MROS 2024 (PDF, 986 kB, 01.05.2025)
- Annual Report MROS 2023 (PDF, 759 kB, 01.05.2024)
- Annual Report MROS 2022 (PDF, 1 MB, 11.07.2023)
- Annual Report MROS 2021 (PDF, 758 kB, 19.05.2022)
- Annual Report MROS 2020 (PDF, 1 MB, 18.05.2021)
- Annual Report MROS 2019 (PDF, 591 kB, 15.02.2020)
- Annual Report MROS 2018 (PDF, 872 kB, 22.06.2019)
- Annual Report MROS 2017 (PDF, 1 MB, 22.06.2018)
- Annual Report MROS 2016 (PDF, 1 MB, 22.06.2017)
- Annual Report MROS 2015 (PDF, 4 MB, 22.06.2016)
Publications older than 10 years are archived and can be viewed at the Swiss National Library.
Other MROS publications for financial intermediaries and merchants
The typology report contains current and practical case studies that provide financial interme-diaries and traders with examples of potential risks and methods used in money laundering and terrorist financing. The aim is to further raise awareness and thus strengthen the effective fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
- Typology Report (PDF, 2 MB, 19.05.2025)(Periodic expansion of the case collection)
With the support of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), MROS launched the ‘Financial Intelligence Against Human Trafficking’ (FIAHT) project, which aims in particular to create a guide to raise awareness among financial intermediaries. Among other things, the guide lists indicators that point to human trafficking and related crimes. This guide serves as a tool for financial intermediaries and traders to identify transactions and behaviours in this area of serious crime.
Alerts are situation-specific and are published in response to recent events. They are mainly intended for financial intermediaries to help them assess risks and comply with their due diligence and reporting obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
- Alerts and typologies in the context of the terrorist attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Israel on October 7, 2023 (PDF, 125 kB, 31.10.2024)
- Addendum to the alert dated November 3, 2023 in the context of the terrorist attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Israel on October 7, 2023 (PDF, 350 kB, 31.10.2024)
MROS is a member of the Egmont Group, an international network of 177 operationally independent financial intelligence units (FIU). The Egmont Group creates the necessary conditions for the sharing of information among FIUs worldwide.
The Egmont Group publishes a selection of financial analysis cases (anonymised, concrete examples of money laundering: Best Egmont Cases 2014 – 2020). These cases enable knowledge to be shared among FIUs and help to raise awareness among other stakeholders in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
Reports by the interdepartmental coordinating group on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism (CGMF)
MROS is part of the interdepartmental coordinating group on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism (CGMF). It chairs the ‘Risk Analysis’ sub-committee and works with other authorities to produce general and sector-based national risk assessments (NRAs) on money laundering and terrorist financing:
2021
2024
2020
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National Risk Assessment – Misuse of data processing systems through fraud and phishing as a predicate offence to money laundering15 January 2020
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2019
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National Risk Assessment – Corruption as a predicate offence to money laundering15 July 2019 (This document is not available in English)
2018
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National Risk Assessment – Use and misuse of cash for money laundering and terrorist financing in Switzerland 18 December 2018
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National Risk Assessment – Risk of money laundering and terrorist financing posed by crypto assets and crowdfundingOctober 2018
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National Risk Assessment – Use of legal entities for money laundering purposes7 November 2018
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National Risk Assessment - Use of non-profit organisations for money laundering and terrorist financing6 November 2018
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2017
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National Risk Assessment - Overview of access to land registry data in Switzerland11 September 2017
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Table 1 from report 'Overview of access to land registry data in Switzerland' 11 September 2017
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Table 2 from report 'Overview of access to land registry data in Switzerland'11 September 2017
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Other reports on the integrity of the Swiss financial centre
The following reports provide additional insight into the work of MROS.
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Regulatory impact assessment regarding the creation of a legal requirement to maintain a register of beneficial owners of legal entities in Switzerland 5 April 2024
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Regulatory oversight of commodity trading activities from a money laundering perspective - Federal Council Report in response to Postulate 17.4204 Seydoux-Christe of 14 December 2017 (This document is not available in English)
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Report on safe-deposit boxes and risk of misuse for money laundering(This document is not available in English)
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Federal Council report on virtual currencies in response to the Schwaab (13.3687) and Weibel (13.4070) postulates (This document is not available in English)
Last modification 19.08.2025