Key legal question
Whether the German request established sufficient suspicion for compulsory mutual legal assistance measures and transfer of bank records.
Extracted holding
Yes. The request and its annexes set out concrete facts that created sufficient suspicion; the authority was not required to prove the offence conclusively.
Extracted reasoning
For coercive mutual assistance measures, the request must show facts that would satisfy dual criminality and concrete suspicion, but the assisting authority does not conduct a full evidence trial. The alleged payments, corporate links, and possible kickbacks were sufficiently specific and not immediately refuted by the appellant's objections.