paragraph 1 (a) (i) of this article shall ensure that their domestic law covers all
serious crimes involving organized criminal groups. Such States Parties, as well
as States Parties whose domestic law requires an act in furtherance of the
agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with paragraph 1 (a) (i) of this article, shall so inform the Secretary-General of the United
Nations at the time of their signature or of deposit of their instrument of
ratification, acceptance or approval of or accession to this Convention.
Article 6.
Criminalization of the laundering of proceeds of crime
1. Each State Party shall adopt, in accordance with fundamental principles of its domestic law, such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offences, when committed intentionally:
(a)
(i)
The conversion or transfer of property, knowing that such property is the proceeds of crime, for the purpose of concealing or
disguising the illicit origin of the property or of helping any
person who is involved in the commission of the predicate
offence to evade the legal consequences of his or her action;
(ii) The concealment or disguise of the true nature, source, location,
disposition, movement or ownership of or rights with respect to
property, knowing that such property is the proceeds of crime;
(b) Subject to the basic concepts of its legal system:
(i)
(ii)
2.
The acquisition, possession or use of property, knowing, at the
time of receipt, that such property is the proceeds of crime;
Participation in, association with or conspiracy to commit,
attempts to commit and aiding, abetting, facilitating and
counselling the commission of any of the offences established in
accordance with this article.
For purposes of implementing or applying paragraph 1 of this article:
(a) Each State Party shall seek to apply paragraph 1 of this article to the
widest range of predicate offences;
(b) Each State Party shall include as predicate offences all serious crime
as defined in article 2 of this Convention and the offences established in accordance with articles 5, 8 and 23 of this Convention. In the case of States Parties
whose legislation sets out a list of specific predicate offences, they shall, at a
minimum, include in such list a comprehensive range of offences associated
with organized criminal groups;
(c) For the purposes of subparagraph (b), predicate offences shall include
offences committed both within and outside the jurisdiction of the State Party
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