Question juridique clé
Whether the French request sufficiently described the facts and predicate offence for mutual assistance in a money-laundering investigation.
Solution extraite
Yes. The request contained enough concrete indications of the predicate fraud and suspicious transactions to justify assistance; Switzerland would not reassess the truth of the allegations.
Motifs extraits
Under the Convention and EIMP, the request need only allow a prima facie assessment of punishability and proportionality. The request identified the suspected fraud, the alleged laundering mechanism via horse transactions, and why the companies were targeted.