Key legal question
Whether band membership under Art. 19(2)(b) BetmG was established.
Extracted holding
No. The proven collaboration concerned a single hemp-growing operation and did not show an intent to jointly commit multiple independent offences in the future.
Extracted reasoning
Band membership requires an express or implied will to cooperate in the commission of several separate offences. Intensive cooperation and some division of labour in one project are not enough without indications of a continuing criminal plan.