§ Sir Ivan LawrenceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the countries with which the United Kingdom has signed(a) bilateral agreements to supplement the 1990 Council of Europe convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds of crime and (b) other bilateral agreements to facilitate mutual assistance in respect of money laundering and confiscation. [30052]
§ Mr. MacleanThe United Kingdom has concluded one bilateral agreement under article 39(2) of the 1990 convention, with the Netherlands. It entered into force on 2 June 1994. Other bilateral confiscation agreements have been concluded as follows:
All crime agreements in force Country Date in Force 1. Sweden 1 April 1992 2. Canada 17 September 1993 3. Nigeria 30 October 1993 4. Italy 8 May 1994 5. India 1 May 1995
All crime agreements to enter into force Country Date of signature 1. United States of America 6 January 1994 2. Thailand 12 September 1994
Drug agreements in force Country Date in force 1. United States of America 11 April 1989 2. Switzerland 21 June 1990 3. Australia 12 September 1990 4. Mexico 1 October 1990 5. The Bahamas 24 October 1990 6. Spain 15 December 1990 7. Saudi Arabia 20 September 1991 8. Bahrain 1 January 1992 9. Ecuador 1 March 1993 10. Barbados 1 June 1993 11. Colombia 25 November 1993 12. Uruguay 19 January 1994 13. Argentina 1 June 1994 14. Panama 1 September 1994 15. Malaysia 1 January 1995
Drug agreements to enter into force Country Date of signature 1. Guyana 17 July 1991 2. South Africa 2 September 1992 3. Paraguay 6 July 1994 4. Bolivia 25 August 1994 5. Grenada 6 February 1995