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5.
If proceeds of crime have been intermingled with property acquired from
legitimate sources, such property shall, without prejudice to any powers relating to
freezing or seizure, be liable to confiscation up to the assessed value of the
intermingled proceeds.
6.
Income or other benefits derived from proceeds of crime, from property into
which proceeds of crime have been transformed or converted or from property with
which proceeds of crime have been intermingled, shall also be liable to the measures
referred to in this article, in the same manner and to the same extent as proceeds of
crime.
7.
For the purposes of this article and article 50 of this Convention, each State
Party shall empower its courts or other competent authorities to order that bank,
financial or commercial records be made available or be seized. A State Party shall
not decline to act under the provisions of this paragraph on the ground of bank secrecy.
8.
Each State Party may consider the possibility of requiring that an offender
demonstrate the lawful origin of alleged proceeds of crime or other property liable to
confiscation, to the extent that such a requirement is consistent with the principles of
their domestic law and with the nature of the judicial and other proceedings.
9.
The provisions of this article shall not be construed as prejudicing the rights of
bona fide third parties.
10. Nothing contained in this article shall affect the principle that the measures to
which it refers shall be defined and implemented in accordance with the provisions
of the domestic law of a State Party.
Article 32. Establishment of criminal record
[agreed ad referendum]
Each State Party may adopt such legislative or other measures as may be
necessary to take into consideration, under such terms as, and for the purpose that, it
deems appropriate, any previous conviction in another State of an alleged offender
for the purpose of using such information in criminal proceedings relating to an
offence established in accordance with this Convention.
Article 33. Protection of witnesses
[agreed ad referendum]
1.
Each State Party shall take appropriate measures, in accordance with its
domestic law and within its means, to provide effective protection from potential
retaliation or intimidation for witnesses who give testimony or, in good faith and on
reasonable grounds, provide information concerning offences established in
accordance with this Convention or otherwise cooperate with investigative or judicial
authorities and, as appropriate, for their relatives and other persons close to them.
2.
The measures envisaged in paragraph 1 of this article may include, inter alia,
without prejudice to the rights of the defendant, including the right to due process:
(a) Establishing procedures for the physical protection of such persons, such
as, to the extent necessary and feasible, relocating them and permitting, where
appropriate, non-disclosure or limitations on the disclosure of information concerning
the identity and whereabouts of such persons;
(b) Providing evidentiary rules to permit witness testimony to be given in a
manner that ensures the safety of the witness, such as permitting testimony to be given
through the use of communications technology such as video links or other adequate
means.
3.
States Parties shall consider entering into agreements or arrangements with
other States for the relocation of persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.
4.
The provisions of this article shall also apply to victims insofar as they are
witnesses.
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