3. In establishing a domestic regulatory and supervisory regime under
the terms of this article, and without prejudice to any other article of this
Convention, States Parties are called upon to use as a guideline the relevant
initiatives of regional, interregional and multilateral organizations against
money-laundering.
4. States Parties shall endeavour to develop and promote global, regional,
subregional and bilateral cooperation among judicial, law enforcement and
financial regulatory authorities in order to combat money-laundering.
Article 8.
Criminalization of corruption
1. Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as
may be necessary to establish as criminal offences, when committed intentionally:
(a) The promise, offering or giving to a public official, directly or indirectly, of an undue advantage, for the official himself or herself or another
person or entity, in order that the official act or refrain from acting in the
exercise of his or her official duties;
(b) The solicitation or acceptance by a public official, directly or indirectly, of an undue advantage, for the official himself or herself or another
person or entity, in order that the official act or refrain from acting in the
exercise of his or her official duties.
2. Each State Party shall consider adopting such legislative and other
measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offences conduct referred
to in paragraph 1 of this article involving a foreign public official or international civil servant. Likewise, each State Party shall consider establishing as
criminal offences other forms of corruption.
3. Each State Party shall also adopt such measures as may be necessary
to establish as a criminal offence participation as an accomplice in an offence
established in accordance with this article.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this article and article 9 of this
Convention, “public official” shall mean a public official or a person who
provides a public service as defined in the domestic law and as applied in the
criminal law of the State Party in which the person in question performs that
function.
Article 9.
Measures against corruption
1. In addition to the measures set forth in article 8 of this Convention,
each State Party shall, to the extent appropriate and consistent with its legal
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