NCJ Number
190912
Journal
International Review of Penal Law Volume: 71 Issue: 3-4 Dated: 2001 Pages: 565-621
Date Published
2001
Length
57 pages
Annotation
This document presents the text of a draft United Nations convention against transnational organized crime and supplemental protocols on trafficking in human beings and smuggling of immigrants.
Abstract
The resolution begins by noting that the United Nations General Assembly established an ad hoc committee in 1998 to develop the resolution on transnational organized crime and related topics. The resolution states that each country should enact legislation and other measures to define as criminal offenses the participation in an organized criminal group, laundering of money, and corruption. The resolution also covers the liability of legal persons, prosecution, adjudication, sanctions, asset confiscation and seizure, international cooperation for purposes of confiscation, and the disposal of confiscated proceeds of crime or property. Further provisions focus on jurisdiction, extradition, joint investigations, special investigative techniques, transfer of criminal proceedings, establishment of criminal records, protection of witnesses, victim assistance, law enforcement cooperation, information exchange, training and technical assistance, prevention, implementation, and settlement of disputes related to the interpretation or application of the convention. The supplemental protocols focus on preventing, suppressing, and punishing trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and on the smuggling of migrants by land, sea, and air.