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8 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeGermany (A/AC.254/5) 1“Money-laundering“[E/CN.15/1998/11, annex III, appendix I, articles 4 and 4 bis]“‘Predicate offence’ means any criminal offence that under the law of a Party ispunishable by deprivation of liberty or imprisonment for a period of at least fouryears or was committed by a member of a criminal organization as defined by articleY as a result of which proceeds were generated that may become the subject ofan offence as defined in article 4 of this Convention.”United States of America (A/AC.254/5)“Article 2 bis“Definitions“For the purposes of this Convention:“1. ‘Organized criminal activity’ means [the commission of] serious crimeinvolving a group of [three] or more persons, [either for its own sake or] for any purposerelating, directly or indirectly, to the obtaining of a financial or other materialbenefit.“2. ‘Serious crime’ means conduct constituting a criminal offence punishableby a maximum deprivation of liberty of at least [...] years, or more serious penalty.“(a) For the purpose of implementing articles [...] of this Convention [pertainingto criminalization under articles 3 and 4 and other domestic obligations], a StateParty shall consider this definition to refer to a criminal offence under its laws.“(b) For the purpose of implementing articles [...] of this Convention [pertainingto international cooperation], a State Party may deny cooperation as to conductthat would not also constitute a serious crime under its laws.Rolling text (A/AC.254/4)“Article 2 bis“Use of terms“For the purposes of this Convention:“(a) ‘Proceeds of crime’ means any economic advantage from criminal offences.It may consist of property of any description, whether corporeal or incorporeal, movableor immovable, and legal documents or instruments evidencing title to or interestin such property;“(b) ‘Predicate offence’ means any crime or offence as a result of which proceedswere generated that may become the subject of an offence as defined in article4 of this Convention.”1See also the proposal of Germany concerning article X (Scope of the Convention), paragraph 2, under article 1 ofthe convention.