Facts
- The investigation aims to dismantle a drug trafficking operation with results occurring in Switzerland. In this area, Switzerland has made international commitments regarding criminal prosecution. - A secret investigation was validly authorized under Swiss law. The undercover agents remained in Switzerland and communicated by messages with the accused, primarily abroad. - The sending of messages from Switzerland by the undercover agents to the accused abroad does not constitute an official act with binding effects on the territory of another State. The secret investigation therefore did not violate the principle of territoriality.Considerations
- The secret investigation is provided for in Swiss procedural law and was validly authorized. It does not in itself constitute an unfair procedure. - The mode of communication used by the undercover agents, i.e. exchanges by messaging from Switzerland, is common in drug trafficking…