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ARTICLE-2: Use of terms     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (i) "Controlled delivery" shall mean the technique of allowing illicit or suspect consignments to pass out of, through or into the territory of one or more States, with the knowledge and under the supervision of their competent authorities, with a view to the investigation of an offence and the identification of persons involved in the commission of the offence. ...


ARTICLE-12: Private sector     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) The making of off-the-books or inadequately identified transactions; ...
... (d) The entry of liabilities with incorrect identification of their objects; ...


ARTICLE-14: Measures to prevent money-laundering     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) Institute a comprehensive domestic regulatory and supervisory regime for banks and non-bank financial institutions, including natural or legal persons that provide formal or informal services for the transmission of money or value and, where appropriate, other bodies particularly susceptible to money-laundering, within its competence, in order to deter and detect all forms of money-laundering, which regime shall emphasize requirements for customer and, where appropriate, beneficial owner identification, record-keeping and the reporting of suspicious transactions; ...


ARTICLE-31: Freezing, seizure and confiscation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Each State Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to enable the identification, tracing, freezing or seizure of any item referred to in paragraph 1 of this article for the purpose of eventual confiscation. ...


ARTICLE-46: Mutual legal assistance     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (g) Identifying or tracing proceeds of crime, property, instrumentalities or other things for evidentiary purposes; ...
... (j) Identifying, freezing and tracing proceeds of crime in accordance with the provisions of chapter V of this Convention; ...
... 10. A person who is being detained or is serving a sentence in the territory of one State Party whose presence in another State Party is requested for purposes of identification, testimony or otherwise providing assistance in obtaining evidence for investigations, prosecutions or judicial proceedings in relation to offences covered by this Convention may be transferred if the following conditions are met: ...


ARTICLE-48: Law enforcement cooperation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (f) To exchange information and coordinate administrative and other measures taken as appropriate for the purpose of early identification of the offences covered by this Convention. ...


ARTICLE-52: Prevention and detection of transfers of proceeds of crime     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) Where appropriate, notify financial institutions within its jurisdiction, at the request of another State Party or on its own initiative, of the identity of particular natural or legal persons to whose accounts such institutions will be expected to apply enhanced scrutiny, in addition to those whom the financial institutions may otherwise identify. ...


ARTICLE-55: International cooperation for purposes of confiscation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Following a request made by another State Party having jurisdiction over an offence established in accordance with this Convention, the requested State Party shall take measures to identify, trace and freeze or seize proceeds of crime, property, equipment or other instrumentalities referred to in article 31, paragraph 1, of this Convention for the purpose of eventual confiscation to be ordered either by the requesting State Party or, pursuant to a request under paragraph 1 of this article, by the requested State Party. ...