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Money laundering (ICCS 07041)
Conversion or transfer of property, knowing that such property is the proceeds of crime, for the purpose of concealing or disguising the illicit origin of such property or of helping any person who is involved in the commission of the predicate offence to evade the legal consequences of his or her actions, as well as the concealment or disguise of the true nature, source, location, disposition, movement or ownership of rights with respect to the property.
INCLUSIONS: The conversion or transfer of property; illicit concealment or disguise of property related information; the illicit acquisition, possession or use of laundered property; “self-laundering”; concealment or continued retention of the proceeds of crime.
EXCLUSIONS: Apply all exclusions listed in 0704 of the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS)

[Sources: United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto, UNODC, Vienna, 2004, pp. 8-9, Art.6. Web: https://www.unodc.org/documents/middleeastandnorthafrica/organised-crime/UNITED_NATIONS_CONVENTION_AGAINST_TRANSNATIONAL_ORGANIZED_CRIME_AND_THE_PROTOCOLS_THERETO.pdf
International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, p.72, including footnote 104. Web: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf]