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Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the… Article 6

Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the… Article 6

Confiscation from a third party

Article 6

1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the confiscation of proceeds, or other property the value of which corresponds to proceeds, which, directly or indirectly, were transferred by a suspected or accused person to third parties, or which were acquired by third parties from a suspected or accused person, at least if those third parties knew or ought to have known that the purpose of the transfer or acquisition was to avoid confiscation, on the basis of concrete facts and circumstances, including that the transfer or acquisition was carried out free of charge or in exchange for an amount significantly lower than the market value. 2.   Paragraph 1 shall not prejudice the rights of bona fide third parties.

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