Participation in organised criminal group
28. (1) A person must not participate (whether as a member, associate member or prospective member) in an organised criminal group, knowing that it is an organised criminal group:
(a) knowing that his or her participation contributes to the occurrence of transnational criminal activity; or
(b) reckless as to whether his or her participation contributes to the occurrence of transnational criminal activity.
(2) If a person contravenes subsection (1), the person is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a term of imprisonment of not more than 20 years or a fine of not more than VT 100 million, or both.
(3) A group of people is capable of being an organised criminal group for the purposes of this section whether or not:
(a) some of them are subordinates or employees of others; or
(b) only some of the people involved in it at a particular time are involved in the planning, arrangement or execution at that time of any particular action, activity, or transaction; or
(c) its membership changes from time to time.
