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(f) "Council" means the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations;

(8) "Forfeiture" means the deprivation of proceeds by court order;

(h) "Freezing" means prohibiting the transfer, conversion, disposition or movement of proceeds by order of a court or other appropriate authority;

(i) "Illicit traffic" means the cultivation, production, manufacture, extraction, preparation, offering, offering for sale, distribution, possession with the intent to distribute, purchase, sale, delivery on any terms whatsoever, brokerage, dispatch, dispatch through the mails, dispatch in transit, transport, importation and exportation of any controlled substance contrary to the provisions of this Convention. The organization, management, financing or facilitating of the aforementioned operations or activities are also considered as illicit traffic for the purposes of this Convention.

"Laundering" means the concealment or disguise of the true nature, source, disposition, movement or ownership of proceeds and includes the movement or conversion of proceeds by electronic transmission;

(k) "Legitimate third party" means any person, corporation or other legal entity who, acting bona fide and without knowledge of incriminating circumstances, has lawfully acquired the right to own, use, control or possess procċeds; -

(1) "List A" and "List B" mean the correspondingly designated lists of specific chemicals annexed to this Convention, as amended from time to time in accordance with article 8 of this Convention;

(m) "Party" means a State that has consented to be bound by this Convention and for which this Convention is in force.

(n) "Proceeds" means property of every description, whether corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, and deeds and instruments evidencing title to, or interest in, such property;

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"Secretary-General" means the Secretary-General of the United Nations;

"Seizure" means assuming custody or control of proceeds as directed by

order of a court or other appropriate authority;

"Specific chemical" means A substance in List A or List B of this Convention used in the illicit processing or manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances;

(r) "Tracing" means determining the true nature, source, disposition, movement or ownership of proceeds;

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(s) "Transit State" means a State which, while not being a major producer, manufacturer or consumer of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, nevertheless adversely affected by the illicit traffic in transit through its territory.

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