The Prosecutor’s office of Konstanz, invited by the Canton of Zurich to legal aid in the proceedings against the German AfD-politician, Alice ryegrass and more people. The Canton of Zurich has reviewed the Request and approved, as fulfilling in the Request the facts mentioned also offences under Swiss law, such as it is, in a communication from the chief Prosecutor’s office of Zurich.

The Zurich public Prosecutor’s office will now ensure witnesses and documents, and then consider whether the evidence can be published to the public Prosecutor’s office of Konstanz. Since November 2018, the Prosecutor’s office of Konstanz is conducting proceedings against the German AfD-politician, Alice ryegrass and against other members of the AfD-kreisverband Bodenseekreis a violation of the party law, and other offences.

witnesses and documents

In the course of this investigation was looking in December and in February, a legal assistance to the Zurich public Prosecutor’s office sent. The Request will include the publication of documents and the examination of witnesses in connection with donations in the name of a Zurich-based company for the election of Alice ryegrass.

After an in-depth legal assessment, the Zurich Prosecutor’s office has dual criminality and legal assistance to the ability of the Request in the affirmative. The alleged facts satisfy the offences of forgery and abetting under Swiss law. The legal assistance proceedings are concluded with the decision about whether the results of the enforcement actions may be issued to the public Prosecutor’s office of Konstanz.

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Created: 15.03.2019, 14:42 PM