Facts
In this case, it concerned a criminal investigation by the German public prosecutor's office in Konstanz against [X.] and a co-accused person on suspicion of corruption and breach of trust. The German authorities requested legal assistance from the Swiss authorities in the form of house and vehicle searches as well as seizure of evidence. The Office of the Attorney General of the Canton of Thurgau granted the request for legal assistance and forwarded it to the Kreuzlingen Public Prosecutor's Office for execution. The latter then issued a search warrant and a seizure order. The accused [X.] challenged these decisions as well as the later unsealing decision of the Compulsory Measures Court of the Canton of Thurgau by way of appeals.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court found that for legal assistance measures, the Federal Act on International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (IMAC) is applicable as the "lex specialis" rather than the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP). Accordingly, decisions on legal assistance by cantonal authorities are not directly appealable to the Federal Supreme Court, but first to the Appeals Chamber of the Federal Criminal Court.
Therefore, the Federal Supreme Court did not enter into the appeals.…