(c) Consider taking additional measures to permit its competent authorities to preserve property for confiscation, such as on the basis of a foreign arrest
or criminal charge related to the acquisition of such property.
Article 55. International cooperation for
purposes of confiscation
1. A State Party that has received a request from another State Party
having jurisdiction over an offence established in accordance with this Convention for confiscation of proceeds of crime, property, equipment or other
instrumentalities referred to in article 31, paragraph 1, of this Convention
situated in its territory shall, to the greatest extent possible within its domestic
legal system:
(a) Submit the request to its competent authorities for the purpose of
obtaining an order of confiscation and, if such an order is granted, give effect
to it; or
(b) Submit to its competent authorities, with a view to giving effect to it
to the extent requested, an order of confiscation issued by a court in the territory of the requesting State Party in accordance with articles 31, paragraph 1,
and 54, paragraph 1 (a), of this Convention insofar as it relates to proceeds of
crime, property, equipment or other instrumentalities referred to in article 31,
paragraph 1, situated in the territory of the requested State Party.
2. Following a request made by another State Party having jurisdiction
over an offence established in accordance with this Convention, the requested
State Party shall take measures to identify, trace and freeze or seize proceeds of
crime, property, equipment or other instrumentalities referred to in article 31,
paragraph 1, of this Convention for the purpose of eventual confiscation to be
ordered either by the requesting State Party or, pursuant to a request under
paragraph 1 of this article, by the requested State Party.
3. The provisions of article 46 of this Convention are applicable, mutatis
mutandis, to this article. In addition to the information specified in article 46,
paragraph 15, requests made pursuant to this article shall contain:
(a) In the case of a request pertaining to paragraph 1 (a) of this article, a
description of the property to be confiscated, including, to the extent possible,
the location and, where relevant, the estimated value of the property and a
statement of the facts relied upon by the requesting State Party sufficient to
enable the requested State Party to seek the order under its domestic law;
(b) In the case of a request pertaining to paragraph 1 (b) of this article, a
legally admissible copy of an order of confiscation upon which the request is
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