On Tuesday, 29 April 2008, in Strasbourg, the permanent Croatian representative to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Daniel Bučan, signed on behalf of the Republic of Croatia the Council of Europe’s Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism, and the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
As the first international instrument to cover both the prevention and control of money laundering and terrorism financing, the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism is to come into effect 1 May 2008.
The signing of said Convention marks the end of the ratification of the three pillars of CoE legislative instruments in combating terrorism. Croatia has so far ratified the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism (2005) and the Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism (2008).
The Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons is an instrument that came into effect in 2000, and regulates the rules of transferring sentenced persons, including deportation. The Protocol has so far been ratified by 33 countries.
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