Key legal question
Whether keeping drug money in a third party’s apartment constitutes money laundering under Art. 305bis StGB
Extracted holding
Yes. Storing illicit cash in the apartment of a third person without a close relation to the predicate offender is a classic money-laundering act because the apartment itself serves as the concealment place.
Extracted reasoning
The arrangement made it easier to prevent the police from finding and seizing the money. A separate additional hiding place was unnecessary, and the defendant knew the cash had to come from drug trafficking.