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Directive 2001/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2001 amending Council Directive 91/308/EEC on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering - Commission Declaration · European Union

'Criminal activity' means any kind of criminal involvement in the commission of a serious crime. any of the offences defined in Article 3(1)(a) of the Vienna Convention; the activities of criminal organisations as defined in Article 1 of Joint Action 98/733/JHA(12); fraud, at least serious, as defined in Article 1(1) and Article 2 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests(13); corruption; an offence which may generate substantial proceeds and which is punishable by a severe sentence of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law of the Member State.

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