The Office of the High Representative also completed a survey of criminal and civil asset forfeiture laws in order to support efforts by the Ministry of Justice to find practicable solutions for dealing with the proceeds of crime.

According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an investigative body or a Prosecutor's Office commences criminal proceedings if there is reason and grounds for it.

However, a specialised bureau of the Public Prosecution Service (OM), the Proceeds of Crime Bureau (Bureau Ontnemingswetgeving OM, BOOM), functions as a national expertise centre in the fields of seizure and confiscation in general (with a help desk and team of advisors).

Acknowledging the fundamental principles of due process of law in criminal proceedings and in civil or administrative proceedings to adjudicate property rights,

The State party observes that it is important for due process reasons that evidence be of a certain probity before being put to the courts in criminal proceedings.

11. Takes note of the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Bank, and welcomes the cooperation of the Office with relevant partners, including the International Centre for Asset Recovery

The Committee notes that there seems to be a general misunderstanding in some Member States that national criminal proceedings are necessary in order to freeze assets.

With regard to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), a more aggressive programme has been formulated by the ICTR Prosecutor's Office to track and arrest fugitives.

The US government has issued a general license to amend US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions on Sudan.

Encourages Member States to provide information on crime prevention and criminal justice to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

According to Article 232 of the RA Criminal Procedural Code the arrest (freezing) of financial funds (or any other property) is carried out in order to ensure the civil suit on the criminal case, possible confiscation of the assets and the judicial expenses.

A specialized prosecution unit had also been established at the Office of the Attorney General to prosecute terrorism and money laundering cases and to deal with the forfeiture of assets emanating from terrorist activities.

Simultaneously, the Council has demonstrated to the world through this Tribunal that international criminal justice, which respects fundamental due process norms, is possible.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will ensure that the results feed into the broader debate on international guidelines and norms for the criminal justice system.

The World Bank Group, together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, is working on the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative to go after corrupt gains and help spur action to return looted assets to their legitimate owners the people in the affected developing country.

Finally, for all countries, more cross border cooperation for the prosecution of corrupt or criminal acts and recovery of assets will hopefully result from implementing the Convention.

8. Notes the establishment and operationalization of the International Criminal Court liaison office to United Nations Headquarters, and encourages the Secretary General to work closely with that office

UNODC should intensify training activities in support of States requiring assistance in the training of their criminal justice officers

But positive net assets are not sufficient to eliminate financial risk, which also depends on asset structure (the liquidity of assets and the alignment of maturities of assets and liabilities).

Since the Public Prosecutor's Office has failed formally to dismiss the complainant's criminal complaint, he cannot personally take over the prosecution of the case in the capacity of a private prosecutor .

To facilitate cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, my delegation strongly supports the establishment of a Court liaison office at the United Nations and the allocation of adequate resources for its effective functioning.

Also encourages the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue developing tools and training manuals on criminal justice reform, based on international standards and best practices

In addition Europol, Interpol, World Customs Organisation and the EU Commission have been invited to participate in the work of the OPC on a permanent basis.

We welcome the important work done by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network in the area of trends in crime and justice.

Arrest (freezing) of financial funds (and other property) is carried out on the basis of the decision of investigative body, the investigator or prosecutor (Part 2 of Article 233 of the RA Criminal Procedural Code).

Organisation for the Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Monitoring Group pursuant Res. 1267 were also involved and the UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA), INTERPOL and the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the UNODC provided ad hoc contributions.

To this end, powers to investigate and report such crimes and monitor the related criminal proceedings were transferred from the Fiscal Prosecutor's Office (PFF) to the UIF.

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The agreement was also signed by the Acting Minister of Finance, Solicitor General and Acting Minister of Justice and was approved by the Vice Chairman as Acting Chairman of the NTGL, since the Chairman was away on a county visit.

Asset purchases have no balance sheet effect, because assets replace money.

Noting with appreciation the work done by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the institutes of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network in the area of trends in crime and justice,

4.1 By note of 31 July 2001, the State party explained that the Office of the Procurator General had examined the author's criminal case under the supervisory procedure.

We also welcome the progress made by the Office of the Prosecutor in investigating and preparing for criminal trials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Darfur, gathering the necessary evidence and interrogating potential witnesses and victims.

(d) Criminal justice systems at the national level should, when combating terrorism, act in full compliance with the rule of law, due process, paying due respect for human rights, including the rights of victims of terrorism.

UNODC to organize a subregional seminar on mutual legal assistance, necessary for effectively combating transnational organized crime

In the period from 2002 to 2003 in the RS, the number of 332 criminal offences of family violence was registered, and filed 313 criminal charges with the competent prosecutor's office.

In October 2005, UNIIIC handed over approximately 600 exhibits from the crime scene to the office of Prosecutor General of Lebanon, after forensic examination.

Notes that the Governments of a number of States have offered to host the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, to be held in 2010, and requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to engage in consultations with the Governments concerned and to report thereon to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

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(iii) Suspension pursuant to rule 110.2.

They will be passed on.

No financial assets belonging to the listed individuals and entities have been reported.

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There are no persons or entities whose assets have been frozen.

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