Tax evasion remains a civil offence in Switzerland, despite Ms del Ponte's efforts to get it made a criminal one.

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Make illegal entry punishable as a felony, not a civil offence.

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"If there was also a register of offenders who have been ordered to stay away from their victims, and if breaking an injunction for non molestation is made a criminal rather than a civil offence, this could help too, " she said.

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CBOs perpetuate the ASBO trick of creating under civil law a criminal offence applicable to one person.

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Breaching it will be a civil rather than a criminal offence, though a stretch in prison can result.

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Offenders caught targeting an aircraft with a laser faced up to five years in prison if found guilty of an offence under the Civil Aviation Act, it said.

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