Question juridique clé
Whether the disclosure of the appellant’s interrogation transcripts to Italy violated mutual legal assistance requirements, including relevance and proportionality.
Solution extraite
The transcripts were sufficiently connected to the Italian investigation and had to be transmitted.
Motifs extraits
The Court held that the request was not a prohibited fishing expedition; the statements could relate to the alleged cigarette-smuggling and money-laundering scheme and were of concrete evidentiary interest.