Abstract
This chapter considers the notion of mutual legal assistance (MLA) indicated in Article 18 of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). MLA allows States to receive and provide assistance for gathering evidence for investigations and prosecutions. Thus, mutual legal assistance is mostly enshrined in treaties as one of the earliest multilateral instruments was the Council of Europe’s European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 1959. Moreover, Article 18 is based in large parts on the 1988 Drug Trafficking Convention and the United Nations Convention against Corruption. The chapter explains how Article 18 applies to international cooperation in the identification, tracing, and seizure of proceeds of crime, property, and instrumentalities.
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