International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime

  The model provisions are intended to be a resource in drafting legislation to address money laundering and the financing of terrorism . Taken together, the provisions incorporate a legislative base for many of the requirements of the relevant international instruments and the FATF 40+9 Recommendations. The provisions also strengthen or supplement these standards in some respects. They suggest an approach both to criminally confiscate and civilly forfeit proceeds, instrumentalities and terrorist property. State authorities considering the provisions should take care to adapt the underlying concepts and specific language to accord with constitutional and fundamental legal principles in their systems. As well, the provisions may be supplemented with additional measures a State considers suited to effectively combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism in the national context. The eight Parts of these model provisions are set forth as separate units. Taken together they ...