It is assumed that the man who made the recordings with content critical of the ÖVP is the target of the survey. There is no confirmation of this.
The investigation is based on Section 120 of the Criminal Code (“Misuse of listening devices”). In order to investigate this crime, the public prosecutor actually needs the consent of the person who was wiretapped. The now deceased Pilnacek can no longer grant this.
But according to “profil”, the third man who was sitting at the table on the night the recording gave his consent. The German entrepreneur confirmed to the magazine that he had insisted during his interrogation by the State Criminal Police Office that he too had been a victim of the “illegal act”.
