Questão jurídica principal
Whether the request for mutual assistance met the requirements despite the appellant's challenge to the Italian suspicion basis
Decisão extraída
The request was sufficiently substantiated and Swiss courts did not have to assess guilt or the credibility of the foreign evidence.
Fundamentação extraída
For assistance, the requesting state need not prove the offence; it must only set out the facts supporting suspicion. The Swiss court reviews only a prima facie nexus and not the merits of the criminal accusation.