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Part One. Article 29 251“(c) Monitoring of import and export of contraband;“(d) Detection and monitoring of the movements of proceeds and propertyderived from offences covered by this Convention, instrumentalities used in the commissionof such offences and methods used for the transfer, concealment or disguiseof such proceeds, property and instrumentalities, and other methods used in combatingmoney-laundering and other financial crimes;“(e) Collection of evidence;“(f) Control techniques in free trade zones and free ports;“(g) Modern law enforcement equipment and techniques, including electronicsurveillance, controlled deliveries and undercover operations;“(h ) Methods used in combating transnational organized crime committedthrough the use of computers, telecommunications networks or other forms of moderntechnology [; and“(i) Methods used in the protection of victims and witnesses].“2. States Parties shall assist one another in planning and implementingresearch and training programmes designed to share expertise in the areas referred toin paragraph 1 of this article and, to this end, shall also, when appropriate, use regionaland international conferences and seminars to promote cooperation and to stimulatediscussion on problems of mutual concern, including the special problems andneeds of transit States.“3. States Parties shall promote other techniques for mutual education that willfacilitate extradition and mutual legal assistance. Such techniques may include languagetraining, secondments and exchanges between personnel in central authoritiesor agencies with relevant responsibilities.“4. States Parties may conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements on materialand logistical assistance, taking into consideration the financial arrangements necessaryfor the means of international cooperation provided for by the presentConvention to be effective and for the prevention and control of transnational organizedcrime.“5. In the case of existing bilateral and multilateral agreements, States Partiesshall strengthen [, to the extent necessary,] efforts to maximize operational and trainingactivities within the International Criminal Police Organization [and the WorldCustoms Organization] and within other relevant bilateral and multilateral agreementsor arrangements.”Sixth session: 6-17 December 1999Notes by the Secretariat1. The version of article 21 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.1 remainedunchanged in the intermediate drafts of the convention (A/AC.254/4/Revs.2-5). These draftsof the convention made reference to the official name of the World Customs Organization,which is “Customs Cooperation Council”.