Key legal question
Whether the investment of CHF 16,500 in a shop purchase constituted money laundering under Art. 305bis CP, especially the subjective intent to hinder tracing or confiscation.
Extracted holding
Yes. The accused at least accepted that the cash investment would hinder the tracing, identification, or confiscation of the criminal proceeds.
Extracted reasoning
The cash was invested in a way that left no real accounting traces. Given the accused’s active participation in the drug offence, his awareness of criminal risk, and his personal background, the court inferred that he could not ignore the obstructive effect of the transaction and at least acquiesced in it. Direct intent or eventual intent sufficed.