One week ago, a couple left CHF 144,000 in a bag on a tram in Basel. The bag was found and handed to the police by a public transport employee.
The couple were on their way to visit their daughter when they left a bag containing 144,000 francs in a tram. Once returned to the police it was then given back to the couple, much to their surprise.
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According to Le Matin this act of honesty is not an isolated one in Switzerland.
Last year, a family from the canton Thurgau, who found a trail of money on the ground at Zurich airport, handed the CHF 1,400 they found to staff at a Swiss Rail counter.
An even larger sum was handed in in 2014. A man found a small black pouch on a tram in Geneva. Inside was more CHF 20,000. He took the pouch and its contents to the police.
Jean-Philippe Pittet, a spokesperson for Lausanne police, said “A few months ago a person handed in tens of thousands of francs. Money that has not yet been claimed.”
There are worse places to lose money than in Switzerland it seems.
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Full Le Matin article (in French)
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