Questione giuridica chiave
Whether prescription had expired for money laundering counts 1.4 and 1.9 after the annulled acquittal/renewed judgment sequence
Decisione estratta
The prescription was not interrupted by the earlier annulled acquittal; only a conviction at first instance stops prescription. The 1 March 2011 conviction for counts 1.4 and 1.9 came too late.
Motivazione estratta
Under Art. 97(3) CP, only a first-instance conviction extinguishes prescription. A reversed acquittal does not. Therefore the retrial conviction for acts committed more than seven years earlier violated federal law.