Criminal revision rejected; extradition principle of specialty confirmed by surrender authorization

The Federal Court of Justice, Third Criminal Senate, rejected the defendant's appeal against the judgment of the Regional Court of Bad Kreuznach dated August 21, 2025, finding no legal errors to the defendant's detriment pursuant to Section 349(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, thereby upholding the lower court's conviction and ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the legal remedy. The dispute concerned the review of a criminal judgment where the appellate court additionally verified that a potential procedural impediment based on the principle of specialty in extradition law did not apply, as the surrender authorization issued by the Italian authorities explicitly covered the adjudicated offense. The decisive legal basis included Section 349(2) StPO for the standard of appellate review and the principle of specialty in extradition law.