Database of Legislation

Counterfeiting
  • Offences

    • • Counterfeiting of currency
Cybercrime
  • Acts against the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of Computer, Data and Systems

    • • Illegal data/ system interference
      • Interception of computer data
      • Illegal access to a computer system
      • Illegal access of computer data
      • Production/ distribution/ possession of computer misuse tools
  • Computer-related acts for personal or financial gain

    • • Fraud
      • Forgery
Obstruction of Justice
  • Sectors

    • • Public officials
  • In Order To

    • • Interfere with the exercise of official duties by a justice or law enforcement official
      • Induce false testimony
      • Interfere in the giving of testimony or the production of evidence in a proceeding
Participation in an organized criminal group
  • Offences

    • • Agreement to commit a serious crime (conspiracy)
  • Degree of Involvement

    • • Overt act in furtherance of agreement
Piracy and Maritime crime
Smuggling of migrants
  • Offences

    • • Enabling illegal entry
      • Financial or other material benefit (to smuggler)
      • Producing a fraudulent travel or identity document in connection with migrant smuggling
      • Procuring, providing or possessing a fraudulent travel or identity document in connection with migrant smuggling
  • Aggravations

    • • Endangering lives or safety of smuggled migrants
      • Inhuman or degrading treatment (including for exploitation)
Trafficking in persons
  • Offences

    • • Trafficking in persons (adults)
      • Trafficking in children (under 18 years)
  • Acts Involved

    • • Transportation
      • Receipt
  • Means Used

    • • Threat of the use of force or of other forms of coercion
  • Exploitative Purposes

    • • Exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation
      • Slavery or practices similar to slavery
Terrorism
  • Offences

    • • Offences related to Terrorist Bombings
      • Crimes related to Kidnapping and Taking of Hostages
      • Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation/ Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
  • Keywords

    • • Bomb / Improvised Explosive Device (IED) / Explosives

Crimes Decree 2009

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Adoption Date:

Highlighted articles

Chapter I: General Provisions   Section 6-9   Part 3  

Chapter II: General Principles of Criminal Responsibility   Section 45-50   Part 7  

Chapter II: General Principles of Criminal Responsibility   Section 51-56   Part 8  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 111-121   Part 12  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 122-124   Part 12 - Division 7  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 125-130   Part 12 - Division 8  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 132   Part 12 - Division 9  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 133-134   Part 11 - Division 1  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 163-175   Part 11 - Division 1  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 176   Part 11 - Division 1  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 182-186   Part 11 - Division 1  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 188-194   Part 11 - Division 1  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 327-330   Part 17 - Division 4  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 342   Part 17 - Division 6  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Section 344   Part 17 - Division 6  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Sections 152, 156-160   Part 11 - Division 1 - Sub-Division D  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Sections 153-155   Part 11 - Division 1  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Sections 340, 341, 343   Part 17 - Division 6  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences   Sections 345-346   Part 17 - Division 6  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences - Part 15: Offences against the Person   Section 257   Division 3  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences - Part 15: Offences against the Person   Section 259   Division 3  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences - Part 15: Offences against the Person   Section 278-281 & 283   Division 6  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences - Part 18: Other Miscellaneous Offences   Section 362-363   Division 1  

Chapter III: Criminal Offences - Part 18: Other Miscellaneous Offences   Section 369-370   Division 1  

 

UNTOC Articles

  • Organized Crime Convention

  • Article 5: Criminalization of participation in an organized criminal group
  • Article 10: Liability of legal persons
  • Article 11: Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions
  • Article 15: Jurisdiction
  • Article 23: Criminalization of obstruction of justice
  • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

  • Any Article
  • Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

  • Any Article
  • Firearms Protocol

     

    Cross-Cutting Issues

    • Jurisdiction

      • • Principle of territoriality (offences committed upon one state’s territory, even if the offender is a foreign citizen)
        • Active principle of nationality (offence committed outside its territory by its nationals)
        • Universal jurisdiction (jurisdiction is established over any person accused of committing grave international crimes e.g. piracy, war crimes, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions)
    • Liability

      • Liability of Legal Persons

        • • Criminal