Extent of extended confiscation of criminal proceeds

The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) partially granted the defendant's revision, ordering that the extended forfeiture of €4,000 in the value of criminal proceeds be dropped, while dismissing the remainder of the appeal and upholding the lower court's other rulings. The case concerned a criminal appeal against a judgment from the Regional Court of Hamburg, specifically challenging the extended forfeiture measure ordered against the defendant for proceeds obtained through criminal activity. The decisive legal issue was the validity of the extended forfeiture of the value of criminal proceeds, with the higher court determining that the specific monetary amount of €4,000 could not be maintained under the applicable criminal forfeiture provisions, thereby modifying the operative part of the original judgment to exclude that sum.