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<p> </p><p>he UK is party to a number of multilateral international agreements that
<br>contain asset recovery and asset sharing provisions. These include the Council
<br>of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the <br>Proceeds
from Crime, the UN Convention Against Corruption and the UN Convention <br>Against
Transnational Organised Crime. The UK does not require a formal <br>international
agreement to be able to cooperate with another country in respect <br>of freezing,
confiscating and sharing or repatriating the proceeds of crime but <br>does have 37
bilateral mutual legal assistance agreements with other countries <br>including such
provisions. These are -</p><p> </p><p>1. Algeria<br>2. Antigua and Barbuda<br>3. Argentina<br>4.
Australia<br>5. Bahamas<br>6. Bahrain<br>7. Barbados<br>8. Brazil<br>9. Canada<br>10.
Chile<br>11. Colombia<br>12. Ecuador<br>13. Grenada<br>14. Guyana<br>15. Hong Kong
SAR<br>16. India<br>17. Ireland<br>18. Italy<br>19. Jordan<br>20. Libya<br>21. Malaysia<br>22.
Mexico<br>23. Netherlands<br>24. Nigeria<br>25. Panama<br>26. Paraguay<br>27. Philippines<br>28.
Romania<br>29. Saudi Arabia<br>30. Spain<br>31. Sweden<br>32. Thailand<br>33. UAE<br>34.
Ukraine<br>35. Uruguay<br>36. USA<br>37. Vietnam</p><p> </p><p>The agreements with
Jordan and Malaysia have been concluded since 2010.<br><br>There are a further six
bilateral agreements limited to the issue of asset <br>sharing. These are -</p><p>
</p><p>1. Canada<br>2. Jersey<br>3. Hong Kong SAR<br>4. Ireland<br>5. Jamaica <br>6.
Netherlands<br><br>These were all concluded prior to 2010.</p><p> </p>
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