Questione giuridica chiave
Whether criminal procedure costs could be imposed on an acquitted defendant
Decisione estratta
No. The cost order lacked a sufficient basis because the judgment did not show which conduct was unlawful and culpable under Swiss law or how it caused or aggravated the investigation.
Motivazione estratta
Costs after acquittal require a clear civil-law-type breach of a legal norm and causation; the first-instance court relied on impermissible insinuations of criminality and on conduct not shown to be unlawful.