The Workshop had established that preventing local conditions and causal factors that facilitated local crime could also prevent organized crime, transnational organized crime and illicit trafficking.

Azerbaijan stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups.

A meeting was organized with national and international focal points and coordinators of sectoral tables established as a follow up mechanism to the Washington donor conference.

Has your country developed any national projects or established and promoted best practices and policies aimed at the prevention of transnational organized crime (art. 31, para. 1)?

Belarus stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i) covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Brazil stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), but did not cover all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Croatia stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Cyprus stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Egypt stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Finland stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Jamaica stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Kuwait stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Latvia stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Lithuania stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Morocco stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), but did not cover all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Namibia stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

The Philippines stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Poland stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Portugal stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Romania stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Slovakia stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

South Africa stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Tunisia stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Turkey stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Uzbekistan also stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Costa Rica stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

El Salvador stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), but did not cover all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, and required an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Estonia also stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

It was established by legislation introduced to address a growing problem of money laundering by organized criminal groups, and amended in 2002 to deal with the suppression of terrorism financing.

2. The offences established in accordance with articles 5, 6, 8 and 23 of this Convention shall be established in the domestic law of each State Party independently of the transnational nature or the involvement of an organized criminal group as described in article 3, paragraph 1, of this Convention, except to the extent that article 5 of this Convention would require the involvement of an organized criminal group.

Angola stated in its notification that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), but did not cover all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

(b) For the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), and covered all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups, but did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

While the role of organized criminal groups in the smuggling of migrants is well established, there exists surprisingly little detailed information or global research on the extent and nature of that role.

1. A Conference of the Parties to the Convention is hereby established to improve the capacity of States Parties to combat transnational organized crime and to promote and review the implementation of this Convention.

Some members wondered whether the body would be permanent and how it would be organized, in particular whether it would be composed of several chambers and on what criteria these chambers would be established.

The Research on Traffic in Women, Children and Adolescents for Commercial Sexual Exploitation (PESTRAF), published in 2002, established that the network of facilitators are organized by recruiters, landlords, workers and other types of intermediaries.

Employment bureaux which were established according to the Dayton Agreement Constitution, were organized at the level of Entities and cantons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as a single centralized institution in Republika Srpska.

Austria stated that its domestic law did not require involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

Chile stated that under its legal system involvement of an organized criminal group was required for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

(b) Those who provide information against organized crime witnesses and members of organized crime

Organized crime and conflicts

In its response to the brief questionnaire on basic reporting obligations, Mexico stated that its domestic law required involvement of an organized criminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i), but did not cover all serious crimes involving organized criminal groups and did not require an act in furtherance of the agreement for purposes of the offences established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 (a) (i).

In Fujian Province, a light cavalry team of propaganda was organized and established, going down to countryside fields and seaside fishing villages to propagate the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress in both local dialect and mandarin,

In my capacity as Coordinator of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, I organized an evaluation of the activities of the Voluntary Fund established for the Decade in July 2004.

Furthermore, under the said Program, in the last year there has been training organized for personnel of the Ministry of the Interior, while in the context of applying a more professional approach to the work on cases in this area, a Department against trafficking in Human Beings and other violent crime has been established within the Organized Crime Section.