Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998

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121 of 1998

The Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 intends:

  • to introduce measures to combat organised crime, money laundering and criminal gang activities;
  • to prohibit certain activities relating to racketeering activities;
  • to provide for the prohibition of money laundering and for an obligation to report certain information;
  • to criminalise certiin activities associated with gangs;
  • to provide for the recovery of the proceeds of unlawful activity;
  • for the civil forfeiture of criminal assets that have been used to commit an offence or assets that are the proceeds of unlawful activity;
  • to provide for the establishment of a Criminal Assets Recovery Account;
  • to amend the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992;
  • to amend the International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act, 1996;
  • to repeal the Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996;
  • to incorporate the provisions contiined in the Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996; and
  • to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

21 January 1999 (Gazette 19697 of 21 January 1999)

Amendments

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