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Part One. Article 5 45(b) Organizing, directing, aiding, abetting, facilitating or counselling thecommission of serious crime involving an organized criminal group.2. The knowledge, intent, aim, purpose or agreement referred to in paragraph1 of this article may be inferred from objective factual circumstances.3. States Parties whose domestic law requires involvement of an organizedcriminal group for purposes of the offences established in accordance withparagraph 1 (a) (i) of this article shall ensure that their domestic law covers allserious crimes involving organized criminal groups. Such States Parties, as wellas States Parties whose domestic law requires an act in furtherance of the agreementfor purposes of the offences established in accordance with paragraph 1 (a)(i) of this article, shall so inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations atthe time of their signature or of deposit of their instrument of ratification, acceptanceor approval of or accession to this Convention.C. Interpretative noteThe interpretative note on article 5 of the convention approved by the AdHoc Committee and contained in its report on the work of its first to eleventhsessions (see A/55/383/Add.1, para. 9) is as follows:The “other measures” mentioned in articles 5, 6, 8 and 23 are additional tolegislative measures and presuppose the existence of a law.