Page 51 Chapter II: Adapting certain information and communication technologies offenses Section 1: Violation of property Article III - 24: Each Member State of the African Union shall take the legislative measures required to set up as an aggravating circumstance the use of ICT to commit common law offenses such as theft, fraud, possession of stolen goods, abuse of trust, extortion of money, terrorism, money laundering, etc. Article III – 25: Each Member State of the African Union shall take the legislative measures required to set up as a legal offense the violations of property such as theft, fraud, possession of stolen goods, abuse of trust, extortion of money and blackmail involving computer data. Article III – 26: Each Member State of the African Union shall take the legislative measures required to expressly include “means of digital electronic communication” such as the internet in the enumeration of the public dissemination facilities defined in the penal texts of Member States. Article III – 27: Each Member State of the African Union shall take the legislative measures required to expressly integrate the new intangible facilities such as “digitalized data” or “computerized files” which have to be kept secret in the interest of national defense. Section II: Criminal liability Article III – 28: Each Member State of the African Union shall take the legislative measures required to ensure that corporate bodies other than the State, local communities and public institutions can be held responsible to the offenses defined in this Convention, committed on their behalf by their organs or representatives. The liability of the said AU Draft0 010111