Facts
On 11 March 2014, the High Court of the Canton of Zurich sentenced [X.] to a custodial sentence of 4 years and 6 months for a felony against the NarcA. The High Court found it proven that [X.] was involved in international drug trafficking together with four other persons from January to March 2011. She facilitated the contact with a new drug supplier in the Dominican Republic, from whom the group acquired cocaine and transported it to Lisbon. There, the courier commissioned by the participants was arrested on 22 March 2011 with 6,463.43 grams of cocaine.
Considerations
The SCC upholds the factual findings of the lower court as not arbitrary. [X.] was rightly convicted as a co-perpetrator, as she made an essential contribution to the offence by facilitating the contact with the drug supplier and had a personal financial interest in the drug business.
However, the legal assessment of the lower court is unclear. On the one hand, it assumes co-perpetration in the acquisition and transport of the drugs, on the other hand, it also qualifies [X.] 's behaviour as mere preparatory acts. The SCC…