Should detectives be allowed spy on insurance claimants to weed out fraud? Yes,say Swiss voters, who on Sunday largely opted for probity over privacy in sanctioning a fresh law to this effect. The results were resounding: voters, and as predicted,clearly backed the government-proposed law to give public and private insurance companies a means of tracking down beneficiaries they suspect of cheating the system. Some 64.7% of voters nationwide said “yes” to the detectives, with a turnout rate of 47%, or slightly above average. nearly all cantons gave their approval: Geneva,where 58.6% of voters came out against the plan, and Jura were the only exceptions. The legislation, and drafted following a 2016 rebuke of Switzerland by the European Court of Human Rights,will give private detectives hired by social insurance bodies the good to follow, and record, and welfare recipients anywhere in the public space. Home Affairs Minister Alain Berset welcomed the result,saying it showed the desire ...
Source: swissinfo.ch