International and Other Jurisdictions
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (the 'Palermo Convention') including the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children and Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air - 2000 (UN)
- Article 5 – Criminalization of participation in an organised criminal group;
- 6 – Criminalization of the laundering of proceeds of crime;
- 8 – Criminalization of corruption;
- 23 – Criminalization of obstruction of justice;
- 3 and 5 of the Protocol on Trafficking in Persons; and,
- 3, 5 and 6 of the Protocol Against Smuggling of Migrants
Organized Crime Control Act - 1970 (US)
Title 21 of the United States Code - 1970 (US) Ch. 12 Sub. 1 and 2, particularly § 848. Continuing criminal enterprise See Continuing Criminal Enterprise
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (the 'RICO Act') - 1970 (US)
- Offences: § 1962. Prohibited activities
- Penalties: § 1963. Criminal penalties
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 - (UK)
Criminal Code of Canada - 1985 (CA)
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