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In French-speaking Switzerland alone, criminal networks pretending to be police officers have defrauded more than 5,000 victims of around 18 million francs in the past four years.

Faced with a combination of summer travel and new EES border checks, Swiss airports are advising that passengers prepare for longer queues and leave extra time to deal with delays.