Einde inhoudsopgave
Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism
Article 13 Measures to prevent money laundering
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 01-05-2008
- Bronpublicatie:
16-05-2005, Trb. 2006, 104 (uitgifte: 12-05-2006, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
01-05-2008
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
22-09-2008, Trb. 2008, 182 (uitgifte: 01-01-2008, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
EU-recht / Bijzondere onderwerpen
Internationaal strafrecht / Bijzondere onderwerpen
Internationaal strafrecht / Europees strafrecht en strafprocesrecht
1.
Each Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to institute a comprehensive domestic regulatory and supervisory or monitoring regime to prevent money laundering and shall take due account of applicable international standards, including in particular the recommendations adopted by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF).
2.
In that respect, each Party shall adopt, in particular, such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to:
- a.
require legal and natural persons which engage in activities which are particularly likely to be used for money laundering purposes, and as far as these activities are concerned, to:
- (i)
identify and verify the identity of their customers and, where applicable, their ultimate beneficial owners, and to conduct ongoing due diligence on the business relationship, while taking into account a risk based approach;
- (ii)
report suspicions on money laundering subject to safeguard;
- (iii)
take supporting measures, such as record keeping on customer identification and transactions, training of personnel and the establishment of internal policies and procedures, and if appropriate, adapted to their size and nature of business;
- b.
prohibit, as appropriate, the persons referred to in sub-paragraph a from disclosing the fact that a suspicious transaction report or related information has been transmitted or that a money laundering investigation is being or may be carried out;
- c.
ensure that the persons referred to in sub-paragraph a are subject to effective systems for monitoring, and where applicable supervision, with a view to ensure their compliance with the requirements to combat money laundering, where appropriate on a risk sensitive basis.
3.
In that respect, each Party shall adopt such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to detect the significant physical cross border transportation of cash and appropriate bearer negotiable instruments.