Under the banner “Road Safety Knows No Borders”, the Graubünden cantonal police and Italy’s Polizia di Stato carried out a coordinated traffic-control operation on the 2,113-metre Splügen Pass on 16 October 2026. Officers inspected vehicles travelling between Switzerland’s Rhine valley and Lombardy, a route popular with alpine tourists and cross-border delivery vans. Operational aims: The exercise sought to deter speeding, enforce vehicle-roadworthiness rules and demonstrate practical cooperation under the 2025 Swiss-Italian Police Cooperation Treaty. According to a joint statement, officers verified driving documents, cargo manifests and, where relevant, customs declarations. Why it matters: While headline-grabbing border crises dominate news cycles, day-to-day law-enforcement collaboration underpins seamless mobility for SMEs that truck goods over alpine passes. Joint patrols reduce duplication and create a single point of enforcement, easing compliance for transport firms registered in both countries. Take-aways for mobility managers: • Ensure drivers carry original vehicle registration and insurance papers; random checks are increasing as both countries tighten road-safety benchmarks. • Italian plates operating in Switzerland (and vice versa) should be briefed on differing winter-tyre regulations; inspectors reported several near-miss infringements. • Although no fine statistics were released, previous cross-border blitzes have resulted in on-the-spot penalties for excess weight and tachograph manipulation. Outlook: Authorities signalled that similar surprise operations will rotate across the San Bernardino and Simplon passes during the ski season. Logistics planners should anticipate brief stoppages and include 20-minute buffers in delivery schedules.
