Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2017
* Law Offices of Bruno A. Ristau, Washington, DC.
This paper mainly draws on the following: Report of the World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime, UN Doc. A/49/748 and background documents (E/CONF.88/2,3,4,5 & 6); E. Savona, Organized Crime Across the Borders, HEUNI papers, No. 6/95; H.F. Woltring, International and Regional Developments in the Field of International Co-operation in Penal Matters (to be published).
1 The Optional Protocol is a part of the Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters adopted by the UN General Assembly in Resolution 45/117 (Dec. 14, 1990).