Criminal procedures for the prosecution of crimes of money laundering and the financing of terrorism and illegal organizations.

Document Type : Original Article

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College of Law – University of Sharjah

Abstract

The federal legislator was keen to put in place a set of criminal procedures for combating money laundering crimes, financing terrorism and financing illegal terrorist organizations. The study aimed to identify these procedures stipulated in federal and comparative legislation. The problem of the study and the development of legal solutions to it. The study was divided into an introductory requirement: the researcher dealt with the nature of money laundering and terrorist financing crimesAnd in the first topic: it deals with the procedures for inference and detection of the crime and its perpetrators, in two requirements, the first requirement is the definition of the work of inference and its importance regarding money laundering and terrorist financing crimes, and in the second requirement I deal with the orders for inference and detection of crime.In the second topic: the researcher dealt with the procedures on the funds subject of the crime and the privacy of filing a criminal case, in two requirements, the first requirement dealt with the procedures on the funds subject of the crime, and in the second requirement he dealt with the privacy of filing a criminal case in money laundering and terrorist financing crimes.The study reached several conclusions, the most important of which is the stipulation of the possibility of issuing travel ban orders, freezing funds or other orders that would protect the funds subject of the crime and prevent criminals from impunity, especially in the investigation or trial stages. The federal legislator also gave the Public Prosecution and the competent court the authority to track, evaluate, seize and freeze suspicious funds. It also gave her the right to a travel ban until the end of the investigation or trial, and the federal legislator established special procedures to detect criminals and crimes of money laundering, financing terrorism and financing illegal organizations.

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