ISSN 1452-6662
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Group: BANKING AND FINANCE
Issue: LAW ON THE PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCING OF TERRORISM
Published in the Službeni glasnik RS, Nos. 113/17 of 17 December 2017, 91/19 of 24 December 2019 and 153/20 of 21 December 2020
Section: I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

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  • Article 2

    For the purposes of this Law, money laundering shall mean the following:

    1)  conversion or transfer of property acquired through the commission of a criminal offence;

    2)  concealment or misrepresentation of the true nature, source, location, movement, disposition, ownership of or rights with respect to the property acquired through the commission of a criminal offence;

    3)  acquisition, possession, or use of property acquired through the commission of a criminal offence.

    Money laundering, for the purpose of this Law, shall imply the activities from paragraph 1 of this Article, performed outside the territory of the Republic of Serbia.

    For the purpose of this Law, terrorism financing shall mean the providing or collecting of funds or property, or an attempt to do so, with the intention of using them, or in the knowledge that they may be used, fully or partially:

    1)  in order to carry out a terrorist act;

    2)  by terrorists;

    3)  by terrorist organizations.

    The financing of terrorism shall be understood to mean aiding and abetting in the provision or collection of property, regardless of whether a terrorist act was committed or whether property was used for the commission of a terrorist act.

    For the purpose of this Law, a terrorist act shall mean the criminal offence specified in the treaties listed in the annex to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, as well as any other act intended to cause death or a serious bodily injury to a civilian or any other person not taking an active part in the hostilities in a situation of armed conflict, when the purpose of such act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act.

    For the purpose of this Law, a terrorist shall mean a person who individually or together with other persons wilfully:

    1)  attempts or commits an act of terrorism in any way, directly or indirectly;

    2)  aids and abets in the commission of a terrorist act;

    3)  has knowledge of an intention of a group of terrorists to commit an act of terrorism, contribute to the commission, or assist in the continuation of the commission of a terrorist act to a group acting with a common purpose.

    For the purpose of this Law, a terrorist organization shall mean a group of terrorists which:

    1)  attempts or commits an act of terrorism in any way, directly or indirectly;

    2)  aids and abets in the commission of a terrorist act;

    3)  has knowledge of an intention of a group of terrorists to commit an act of terrorism, contribute to the commission, or assist in the continuation of the commission of a terrorist act to a group acting with a common purpose.