Over the past three months, up to 40 percent of migrants who told the authorities they wanted to claim asylum in Switzerland subsequently disappeared from Swiss reception centres.
A politician in the canton of Ticino is under investigation by police after it is alleged she helped four refugee children enter Switzerland illegally.
The number of refugees trying to enter Germany through Switzerland has risen significantly in 2016, with the government reacting by increasing its border presence, according to reports.
Amnesty International has asked the Swiss federal government to investigate reports that child migrants arriving at the Swiss-Italian border are being prevented from joining family in Switzerland.
Six people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old Portuguese man who was shot in Chiasso last week, Ticino cantonal police said on Tuesday.
A 45-year-old Briton remains in detention after being caught in the Swiss canton of Ticino at the Italian border with 5.1 kilograms of cocaine and €1,000 in cash, Italian authorities said on Tuesday.
A man died of a heart attack while in the embrace of a prostitute at a brothel in Ticino, a newspaper from the Italian-speaking canton reported on Thursday.
