The report, published by Swissinfo, gathers women’s accounts of assaults in private settings. It also revisits a Vaud case that resulted in a twelve-year sentence in 2019.
Different experiences
Other accounts describe evidential difficulties and different legal outcomes. Not every allegation was established in court.
Evidence from hospital services
A later study, published on July 25, 2025 in Swiss Medical Weekly, analysed 740 sexual assault records from Geneva and Lausanne gynaecology emergency departments during 2018–2021. In 58% of cases, patients knew their attacker; 56% of assaults occurred in homes. These figures concern sexual violence generally, rather than a series of confirmed drug-facilitated assaults.
Context matters
The date belongs to the 2025 news report, rather than to every assault discussed.
The date refers to the linked original publication. This summary preserves the context at that date.
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