In a report published on Wednesday 30 June, the Committee of the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (Warsaw Convention) calls on its 34 States Parties to effectively apply the reversal of the burden of proof regarding the lawful origin of alleged proceeds or other property liable to confiscation in serious offences.
Opened for signature in 2005 and brought into force in 2008, the Convention...