Control scandal in the canton of Basel-Landschaft (Swiss Press Audio 2016, by Matieu Klee) - Swiss Press Award
Radio SRF, Regionaljournal Basel Baselland
Winner
Audio
2016
Matieu Klee
For months, the Basel Regional Journal uncovered irregularities surrounding the private illegal employment control agency ZAK, which operated in the vicinity of the powerful Chamber of Commerce: inspections that were broken, and inspectors who only earned good money on paper. This investigative journalism had an impact: The public prosecutor's office opened criminal proceedings. The government is demanding the return of nearly 400,000 Swiss francs.
