The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS n° 198) held its 9th meeting in Strasbourg from 21 to 22 November 2017.
Amongst other issues, the COP discussed a proposal concerning a transversal thematic monitoring of the implementation of the Convention by all States Parties; adopted a document on the COP’s involvement in the implementation of the Council of Europe Action Plan on Combating Transnational Organised Crime (2016 – 2020); adopted an interpretative guidance on various provisions of the Conventions; examined the follow-up reports of the Republic of Moldova and Poland; and held exchanges of views with representatives from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Committee of Experts on the Operation of European Conventions on Co-operation in Criminal Matters (PC-OC), the Committee of Experts on Terrorism (CODEXTER) and the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe.
