ICPO-Interpol - General Assembly 66th Session - New Delhi - 15th-21st October 1997

RECOGNIZING that any assessment of the progress achieved in combating the laundering of funds derived from crime must be based on statistical data,

ALSO RECOGNIZING that the relevant statistics are not currently available,

The ICPO-Interpol General Assembly, meeting in New Delhi from 15th to 21st October 1997 at its 66th Session:

RECOMMENDS that member countries collect and circulate such data, particularly through Interpol channels;

ALSO RECOMMENDS that such data include, at least:

• the number of reports on suspicious transactions received from financial institutions and the number of such reports referred for further investigation (giving the outcome of the case where known),
  
  
• the number of convictions for money laundering and related charges,
  
  
• the number of cases where assets were seized and/or confiscated and the value of the assets forfeited.