Mi sono imbattuto in questo caso e l’ho trovato davvero inquietante.
Fonte: https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/bussinessman-sexual-assaulting-girl-flight-5hjdbhz_2/
Un uomo d’affari è stato condannato per aver aggredito sessualmente un minore su un volo per la Svizzera, e alla fine il tribunale svizzero gli ha dato solo una multa ed è vietato entrare in Svizzera per i prossimi cinque anni, permettendogli di evitare la prigione. Questa decisione è profondamente preoccupante e solleva serie preoccupazioni per la responsabilità, in particolare considerando la gravità del reato.
Sto postando qui non per sensazionalizzare la storia, ma perché sto cercando di capire meglio come il sistema legale svizzero gestisce casi come questo. È comune che i reati gravi vengano risolti con sanzioni finanziarie anziché frasi di custodia?
Inoltre, questo caso ha generato molta reazione pubblica o mediatica in Svizzera? Sarei interessato a sapere se c’è stato un dibattito più ampio sulle linee guida di condanna o richiede una riforma, in situazioni come questa.
Sono sinceramente curioso di sentire le prospettive locali. Grazie in anticipo per eventuali approfondimenti.
Bussinessman avoids jail after SA a minor on flight to Switzerland – Fined CHF 9,000 and banned for 5y
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di Nohokun
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This is our “justice”. But try to steal from a rich guy, they’ll throw away the key.
This isn’t a Swiss issue, it’s a Europe-wide issue.
This is not just Switzerland. A similiar disturbing case on a Qatar flight: [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/19/woman-sexually-assaulted-on-flight-challenges-uk-rules-on-compensation](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/19/woman-sexually-assaulted-on-flight-challenges-uk-rules-on-compensation)
And thank you for raising awareness… it is deeply unsettling to see that sexual assault while traveling is on the rise, and how unprepared the system is. And in general, how much the victim has to go through.
this has been discussed like 10 times already on this sub
Why call the person a businessman? He’s just a pervert.
While this is shoddy sentence, you did miss out the important point that he was in custody from March until the sentencing was delivered, ie 6 months, which means that his 18 month suspended sentence does not need to be served. Yes it’s very short, but it’s not nothing.
Also, a bit of a devil’s advocate counterpoint: how much should Swiss taxpayers pay to imprison foreigners instead of the much cheaper option of just deporting and banning them? Their home country can lock them up if they want to.
Of course, light sentencing might lead to higher incidence, so if that’s a deliberate choice then the proceeds ought to be invested into other deterrents
>Is it common for serious offenses to be resolved with financial penalties instead of custodial sentences?
How comes you know it’s a “serious offense” if you don’t know how the Swiss legal system works? There are criteria how to judge something, after all, that’s what every legal system in the world does – or is at least supposed to do: come to a judgment based on legal standards. Judging the severity of something is part of the process. So, if you think you know that it was “serious” it seems you have insider information we all don’t have.
I am, honestly, annoyed by the number of people who think they are entitled to have an opinion on such matters from afar, just because, well, they feel like it.
In Switzerland there are standards how to handle rape cases like this one. Your post is, for example, omitting the not-so-unimportant detail that the man was held in custody since March, so roughly 5 months of time by the publication of the article. It is common practice in Switzerland that for a prison sentence the custody time is subtracted. Given he was sentenced for 1.5 years jail (see your own article), if you deduct the 5 months, that’s roughly 13 months of jail time remaining. According to Swiss law, if the offender has no prior crime history, it is also common practice to actually not send people to prison for short sentences if there is no good reason to assume they will commit serious crimes outside again. Why the 1.5 years and not 2 or 10 or 20 or lifelong prison – we do not know, there are no details provided by the article on what exactly happened.
So, stop sensationalizing the story, that’s precisely what you are doing. If you want to imply that the Swiss law system is somehow intentionally or unintentionally supporting rape, then just state your case, but provide solid evidence for it, not a single article taken out of context with missing information.
Honestly doesn’t surprise me. There are many examples of very light fines to horrific crimes here.
Story has been discussed previously^. Here some threads:
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/1mwzuxr/swiss_corruption_examples/](https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/1mwzuxr/swiss_corruption_examples/)
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/Switzerland/comments/1mv8fru/ohne_worte/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Switzerland/comments/1mv8fru/ohne_worte/)
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/1mw6wbr/is_it_only_in_switzerland_that_criminals_get/](https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/1mw6wbr/is_it_only_in_switzerland_that_criminals_get/)
https://x.com/Maitre_Eolas/status/1068073310553026565
In general the legal system in Switzerland puts less emphasis on punishment and more emphasis on preventing future crimes.
That article is written with some sensational language without any details. I’m not defending the guy, but there are no concrete facts in the article.
He was detained since March and deported with a suspended sentence. He is not allowed to enter Switzerland and cannot engage in any activity with a minor for life. The 9k is for the proceedings; it isn’t a fine. This is what the court costs.
If the judge states the sentence is “barely appropriate” then it is obvious they wanted him deported instead of taking Swiss taxpayer money to house him.
His career is likely over, and if he had his family in Switzerland, well, they will be heading back to India too. Assuming he is an Indian national, he would be tried in India too, right? And there can be a trial in the country of the victim, no?
I’m probably missing something, but I don’t understand what this has to do with Switzerland and reforms for sentencing guidelines.