([FOJ, International Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters > Taking evidence, 2014-03-14, Internet](https://www.bj.admin.ch/content/bj/en/home/themen/sicherheit/internationale_rechthilfe/rechtshilfe_in_strafsache/beweiserhebung.html))
There is a difference between the mutual assistance between judicial authorities and the exchange of information between police forces, as no coercive measures are applied in the latter case, and it is simply information that is supplied (for example, interview of informants by police, supplying extracts from public records and the criminal register, information about telephone subscribers, the holders of post office boxes, owners of vehicles, the identity of persons or enquiries regarding addresses).