Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
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The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and related law enforcement tasks.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5498941 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Office for Customs and Border Security Context triple: [Swiss customs law, enforcedBy, Federal Office for Customs and Border Security]
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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C.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
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D.
Homeland Security Bureau
The Homeland Security Bureau is a specialized division of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia responsible for coordinating law enforcement efforts related to terrorism, emergency preparedness, and critical incident response in Washington, D.C.
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E.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Office for Customs and Border Security Target entity description: The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and related law enforcement tasks.
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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C.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
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D.
Homeland Security Bureau
The Homeland Security Bureau is a specialized division of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia responsible for coordinating law enforcement efforts related to terrorism, emergency preparedness, and critical incident response in Washington, D.C.
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E.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customs authority
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federal agency ⓘ law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
BAZG
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OFDF ⓘ UDSC ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employerType | government employer ⓘ |
| hasOperationalScope |
air borders of Switzerland
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customs offices ⓘ land borders of Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfOrganization | civil service organization ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bern ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal office ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit
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linked to:
Federal Customs Administration
Office fédéral de la douane et de la sécurité des frontières ⓘ Ufficio federale della dogana e della sicurezza dei confini ⓘ |
| partOf |
Swiss federal administration
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linked to:
federal office of the Swiss Confederation
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| replaced | Federal Customs Administration ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
border security
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combating cross-border crime ⓘ combating smuggling ⓘ customs control ⓘ customs duties collection ⓘ enforcement of border-related migration rules ⓘ enforcement of customs legislation ⓘ export controls ⓘ import controls ⓘ protection of the Swiss customs territory ⓘ protection of the Swiss economy at the border ⓘ protection of the Swiss population at the border ⓘ |
| sector |
public administration
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public security ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Federal Department of Finance ⓘ |
| task |
collection of excise duties on imports
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collection of value-added tax on imports ⓘ control of goods crossing the border ⓘ control of persons at the border within its mandate ⓘ implementation of trade policy measures at the border ⓘ support to other Swiss law enforcement authorities ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bazg.admin.ch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Office for Customs and Border Security Description of subject: The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and related law enforcement tasks.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
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nativeName
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Office fédéral de la douane et de la sécurité des frontières
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linked to: Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
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nativeName
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Ufficio federale della dogana e della sicurezza dei confini
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linked to: Federal Office for Customs and Border Security