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ARTICLE · 28 SEPTEMBER 2022

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The main decision of interest to mention from a case law perspective is a Federal Court ruling 6B_379/2020 of 1 June 2021 (in German) that addresses the issue of forfeiture in Switzerland of thew fees of...

SwitzerlandCriminal Law
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The main decision of interest to mention from a case law perspective is a Federal Court ruling 6B_379/2020 of 1 June 2021 (in German) that addresses the issue of forfeiture in Switzerland of thew fees of an intermediary who entered into a plea-bargaining agreement in a foreign country.

In July 2015, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland begun an investigation into bribery of foreign public officials and money laundering following a suspicion report by a Swiss bank in the context of the Lava Jato investigation into bribery through a Brazilian intermediary and his companies regarding several contracts totalling USD1.8 billion between Petrobras and a US company regarding drilling vessels. The intermediary's gross fees had been of about USD37 million.

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