Key legal question
Whether prostitution earnings taken by traffickers are compensable under victim-assistance law.
Extracted holding
No. The taken earnings are a pure pecuniary loss, not a compensable personal injury under Art. 19 OHG.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 19 OHG compensation is limited to damage resulting from injury to the person and is assessed by reference to Art. 45 and 46 OR. The confiscated income did not arise from an impairment causing incapacity or other personal injury damage, so it is not covered.