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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991

ORDER TO DESIGNATE NINE OVERSEAS JURISDICTIONS UNDER DRUG TRAFFICKING ORDINANCE

RONG WILL HONG

BE ABLE TO PLAY A MUCH LARGER PART [N THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING IF UNDER THE DRUG TO DESIGNATE NINE OVERSEAS JURISDICTIONS ORDER

OF (RECOVERY

IS PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE TRAFFICKING

BY APPROVED

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16.

THE

TRAFFICKING

THE ORDINANCE, ENACTED IN JULY 1989, HAS STRENGTHENED HONG

ABILITY TO COMBAT DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DRUG KONG'S AND MONEY LAUNDERING BY PROVIDING FOR THE TRACING, CONFISCATION OF THE PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING.

RESTRAINING AND

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AND ORDERS MAY BE RE PROVIDED IN

IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE DESIGNATION OF OVERSEAS COUNTRIES

THEIR CONFISCATION AND RELATED TERRITORIES SO THAT

IN HÙNG RÙNG, AND ALLOWS ASSISTANCE ENFORCED RELATION TO THEIR DRUG TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS.

WITH

THE

IN

THE DESIGNATION ORDER IF APPROVED WILL APPLY THE ORDINANCE, CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS, TO CONFISCATION ORDERS MADE BY COURTS AUSTRALIA,

UNITED CANADA,

STATES, AND

UNITED KINGDOM THE JURISDICTIONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, SCOTLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND AS WELL AS JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN, AND TO PROCEEDINGS IN PLACES WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CONFISCATION ORDER BEING MADE.

IT

A

THOSE

THE

A

TO

IN A KONG

NEGOTIATED THE RESTRAINT

ORDER WELL.

ΤΟ IN

COURT PARTICULAR ENABLE THE HIGH RESTRAINT IN HONG KONG OF PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED TO ENFORCE CONFISCATION ORDER MADE IN A DESIGNATED COUNTRY OR TERRITORY, AND

BY ENFORCE

A COURT REGISTER AND

CONFISCATION ORDER MADE COUNTRY OR DESIGNATED

TERRITORY, THUS ENABLING THE HONG GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS IT HAS WITH THESE JURISDICTIONS FOR RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE IN AND CONFISCATION OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS' ASSETS.

COMMENCE

THE DRUG COUNTRIES. AND ON FRIDAY,

IF APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 16, TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY

PROCEEDS) ( DESIGNATED TERRITORIES) ORDER

WILL BE GAZETTED AND JANUARY

18.

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1941

SAID RONG

KONG WILL

CONTINUE

ΤΟ

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN NEGOTIATE WITH OTHER OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH A VIEW TO EXTEND ING SIMILAR ASSISTANCE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING.

DRUG

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