Dr. Ali bin Fadl Al -Buainain, the Attorney General, today, issued Resolution No. (47) of 2025 to issue the guidelines regarding requests for recovering assets and funds and implementing the provisions of confiscation, which was prepared in light of international requirements and the recommendations of the Committee for the Policies of Pro -Banning Policies, Money Laundering and Terrorism, in Coordination and Coordination between the Public Prosecution and each of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Finance and National Economy and the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs and Endowments The Central Bank of Bahrain, and based on the approval of the Supreme Judicial Council.
This guide includes in detail the rules and regulatory procedures required to recover the funds obtained for crimes and their revenues, whether at the request of the national authorities or requests from abroad, as well as procedures for implementing the provisions of the exported export from national courts or foreign judicial authorities, as well as a statement of the role of the institutions and agencies concerned with the Kingdom in implementing these requests and rulings, and has taken into account the preparation of the guide in agreement with the national laws The link and international and regional agreements to which the Kingdom of Bahrain, especially the United Nations Convention on Anti -Corruption, and the Crime, throughout the National, as well as its fulfillment of international requirements and recommendations of the Financial Working Group (FATF).
In this regard, Counselor Wael Rashid Bouali, Assistant Attorney General, stated that this guidelines aims to organize legal and procedural mechanisms related to recovery and confiscation requests, unifying the procedures in force with the relevant judicial and administrative authorities, enhancing transparency and good management of confiscated funds, ensuring respect for Hosni’s intention, and devoting legal guarantees during implementation, as well as enhancing international judicial cooperation according to For bilateral and multilateral agreements, including the evidence of the clear definition of the legal and institutional mechanisms that must be worked through to recover funds and implement judgments and judicial orders to confiscate.
He pointed out that the issuance of this guide came from the commitment of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the participation of the international community in combating crimes, especially the crimes of money laundering and terrorist financing, and in conviction that strong tools for international cooperation are vital in combating crime. It also came as a continuation of the system of procedures to pursue the funds acquired from the crime and its revenues, and to confront the perpetrators’ attempts to pass the international borders to hide the product of their crimes and use them. While the ruling procedures mentioned in the evidence for the purpose of confiscating the funds are considered in implementation of the final judgments and orders as a culmination of the efforts made in this regard.
In the same context, the Assistant Attorney General praised the distinguished contributions offered by representatives of the competent authorities and the committee to develop policies of banning and combating money laundering and financing terrorism to prepare the guide, which would have been completely aware of the requirements for combating crime at the local and international levels, and the necessary international cooperation to pursue the funds arising from it and serious enforcement of judicial confiscation, and how to use national mechanisms in this regard.
