records, over an appropriate period of time, of accounts and transactions involving the persons mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article, which should, as a
minimum, contain information relating to the identity of the customer as well
as, as far as possible, of the beneficial owner.
4. With the aim of preventing and detecting transfers of proceeds of
offences established in accordance with this Convention, each State Party shall
implement appropriate and effective measures to prevent, with the help of its
regulatory and oversight bodies, the establishment of banks that have no physical presence and that are not affiliated with a regulated financial group. Moreover, States Parties may consider requiring their financial institutions to refuse
to enter into or continue a correspondent banking relationship with such institutions and to guard against establishing relations with foreign financial institutions that permit their accounts to be used by banks that have no physical
presence and that are not affiliated with a regulated financial group.
5. Each State Party shall consider establishing, in accordance with its
domestic law, effective financial disclosure systems for appropriate public officials and shall provide for appropriate sanctions for non-compliance. Each State
Party shall also consider taking such measures as may be necessary to permit its
competent authorities to share that information with the competent authorities
in other States Parties when necessary to investigate, claim and recover proceeds
of offences established in accordance with this Convention.
6. Each State Party shall consider taking such measures as may be necessary, in accordance with its domestic law, to require appropriate public officials having an interest in or signature or other authority over a financial account in a foreign country to report that relationship to appropriate authorities
and to maintain appropriate records related to such accounts. Such measures
shall also provide for appropriate sanctions for non-compliance.
Article 53. Measures for direct recovery of property
Each State Party shall, in accordance with its domestic law:
(a) Take such measures as may be necessary to permit another State Party
to initiate civil action in its courts to establish title to or ownership of property
acquired through the commission of an offence established in accordance with
this Convention;
(b) Take such measures as may be necessary to permit its courts to order
those who have committed offences established in accordance with this Convention to pay compensation or damages to another State Party that has been
harmed by such offences; and
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