Facts
Hans Wolf and Gisela Wolf were convicted by the Federal Criminal Court for having operated a prohibited intelligence service against Switzerland and other states on behalf of the GDR. The defendants were trained as agents and sent to Switzerland to establish an "illegal residency" under false identities. They had extensive technical equipment such as radio systems and cameras to transmit information to their principals in the GDR. The defendants collected and transmitted information of a military, political and economic nature about Switzerland and other countries. They made extensive use of forged documents to conceal their identity. The court found it proven that the defendants had engaged in a prohibited intelligence service within the meaning of Articles 272, 274 and 301 of the SCC.Considerations
The Federal Criminal Court sentenced Hans and Gisela Wolf to 7 years' imprisonment each, with credit for 648 days of pre-trial detention. They were also expelled from the country for 15 years. The court considered the defendants' guilt to be serious, as they knowingly and without external coercion allowed themselves to be trained as agents and tried to fulfill their tasks with…