Any person commits an offence within the meaning of the Convention if that person
by any means, directly
or indirectly, unlawfully and wilfully, provides or collects funds with the intention that they should be used or
with the knowledge that they are to be used, in full or in part, to carry out any of the offences described in the
treaties listed in the annex to the Convention, or an act intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to any
person not actively involved in armed conflict in order to intimidate a population, or to compel a government or
an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act. Any person also commits such an offence if that
person attempts to commit an offence as set forth above or participates as an accomplice in an offence, organizes
or directs others to commit an offence or contributes to the commission of such an offence by a group of persons
acting with a common purpose. For an act to constitute an offence, it is not necessary that funds were actually
used to carry out an offence as described above. The provision or collection of funds in this manner is an offence
whether or not the funds are actually used to carry out the proscribed acts. The Convention does not apply where
an act of this nature does not involve any international elements as defined by the Convention.
The Convention requires each Party to take appropriate measures, in accordance with its domestic legal
principles, for the detection and freezing, seizure or forfeiture of any funds used or allocated for the purposes of
committing the offences described.
The offences referred to in the Convention are deemed to be extraditable
offences and Parties have obligations to establish their jurisdiction over the offences described, make the offences
punishable by appropriate penalties, take alleged offenders into custody, prosecute or extradite alleged offenders,
cooperate in preventive measures and countermeasures, and exchange information and evidence needed in related
criminal proceedings. The offences referred to in the Convention are deemed to be extraditable offences between
Parties under existing extradition treaties and under the Convention itself.
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