Council of Europe / Malta: Convention on Proceeds from Crime and Financing of Terrorism Ratified, Will Enter into Force

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(Mar 02, 2008) On January 31, 2008, Malta became the sixth nation to ratify the Council of Europe's Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on Financing of Terrorism (of May 16, 2005). As a result, the Convention will enter into force on May 1, 2008, pursuant to article 49(3). (Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism Enters into Force on 1 May 2008 (Feb 5, 2008), LEGAL NEWS (Mar. 2008), available at http://www.legislationline.org/; Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism, Warsaw, 16.V.2005, Council of Europe Web site, http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/HTML/198.htm#ANX (last visited Mar. 7, 2008).)

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Last updated: 03/02/2008