Question juridique clé
Whether wages earned from unauthorized work could be confiscated under Art. 70 StGB.
Solution extraite
No. The seized wages stemmed from an objectively valid employment relationship and were protected by labor law and the anti-black-work rules; confiscation was therefore impermissible.
Motifs extraits
The Court held that the relevant labor contracts were not void merely because of the lack of work authorization. Under the Code of Obligations, the employee's wage claim is protected, and the BGSA specifically safeguards claims of workers engaged in unauthorized employment. Interpreting these amounts as illicit proceeds would contradict the legal order and the protective purpose of these norms.