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Money laundering
  • Keywords

    • • Countering the financing of terrorism/countering terrorist financing
      • Anti-money laundering

Adoption Date:

2014-03-14

UNTOC Articles

  • Organized Crime Convention

  • Article 7: Measures to combat money-laundering
  • Article 16: Extradition
  • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

  • Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

  • Firearms Protocol

     

    Original Text

    Chapter XIII

    Extradition

    54. (a) Money laundering contained in this Law shall be determined as extraditable offence and the extradition shall be executed in accord with the existing laws.

    (b) In respect of extradition under this Law, it shall be carried out subject to other conditions provided by the Law of the requested State.

    55. With respect to the request for extradition of an offender who commits any money laundering offence contained in this Law within the country and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters by any State party of any international or regional organization:

    (a) money laundering offences pertinent to this Law shall not be deemed as a political offence, an offence related to it or an offence committed for political purposes;

    (b) it shall not be refused on the sole ground that the committed money laundering offence stated in the request is a political offence or a related offence to it or an offence committed for political purposes.