In the donations affair of the German AfD group’s boss, Alice ryegrass, Germany has asked the Switzerland for legal assistance. A corresponding request of the public Prosecutor’s office of Konstanz, in the proceedings against Alice ryegrass and other individuals entered in the Zurich public Prosecutor’s office.
A spokesman for the Supreme public Prosecutor’s office of Zurich confirmed a corresponding report in the “Sunday look”. The request was received on Friday, said the speaker to Keystone on Monday to SDA. The Procedure lies with the public Prosecutor’s office of Konstanz.
if You now check the contents and take a legal assessment of the request, it was said at the Zurich chief Prosecutor’s office. “The key to the question of whether the legal aid application, facts presented would be considered an offence in Switzerland.”
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at The request of the public Prosecutor’s office of Konstanz, there is the offence of illegal party financing and additional offences. In Switzerland, party financing is not a criminal offence.
German prosecutors are investigating ryegrass because of an allegedly illegal campaign contribution in 2017 from Switzerland in the amount of 130 000 euros. Who the donor is, is unclear. The sender of the payment, a Zurich-based pharmaceutical company, stressed that so far, there have only acted in a fiduciary capacity for a business friend.
Both the AfD-party tip, as well as ryegrass assure you, you would not know the donor. Weidel also said that the money had been repaid. (nag/sda)
Created: 14.01.2019, 10:39 PM
