Task Force TIGRIS
The Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS (, , ) is a police tactical unit of the Federal Criminal Police, the investigative arm of the Swiss Federal Office of Police. As of 2009, it consists of 14 officers and is based at the military police base in Worblaufen near Bern. Manpower for the unit is currently being increased to recruit more officers. The exact budget allocated to the unit has been made classified by the Federal Office of Police, only being known as part of its allocated budget. As of 2009, TIGRIS operators had been deployed in 130 operations in Switzerland. No shots had been fired by TIGRIS during these operations. History In the past, plans to create a specialist federal police unit had failed twice — in 1978 and in 2002 — due to jurisdiction issues with the cantons. After the Swiss Parliament approved the formation of TIGRIS in the year 2000, the unit was covertly created under the watch of ex-Justice Minister Christoph Blocher on January 1, 2002. The unit was created under "Project Effort". Federal officials were first informed about the existence of TIGRIS in September 2005 in a routine meeting of high-ranking police officials, catching most of them by surprise