Seizure of assets - national proceedings

Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands - Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002 (2011) EN

406. Mutual legal assistance requests by the RMI.

The Attorney-General may pursuant to the authorization granted under section 406, request the appropriate authority of a foreign country to:

(3) locate or restrain any property believed to be the proceeds of crime located in the foreign country;
(4) confiscate any property believed to be located in the foreign country, which is the subject of a confiscation order made under any law in place in the RMI for the purpose of preventing money laundering or realizing proceeds of crime;

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(k) The identification, tracing and freezing or seizure of proceeds, property and assets and instrumentalities of crimes for the purpose of eventual forfeiture, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties; and