Kernrechtsfrage
Whether costs could be imposed on an acquitted defendant under Art. 426(2) StPO.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Costs may be imposed only if the defendant clearly and culpably caused the proceedings or made them more difficult; the Federal Criminal Court did not sufficiently show such conduct here.
Extrahierte Begründung
The lower court relied on alleged norm violations and even on suspicion of offenses, but did not show which concrete conduct was unlawful under Swiss law or how it caused the investigation or extra costs. Punitive or merely suspicious reasoning is incompatible with the presumption of innocence.