The agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation in fight against organized crime, illicit trafficking in narcotic and psychotropic substances, terrorism and other types of crimes

of May 11, 2000

The government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania which are referred to as further with "Parties"

being convinced that the cooperation with the purpose of the effective prevention and fight against organized crime and, in particular, with drug trafficking, terrorism, illicit movement through frontier of persons, vehicles, loads and other types of crimes is important,

anxious with growth around the world consumption of narcotic and psychotropic substances, and also their illicit trafficking,

confirming the joint desire to conduct effective fight against terrorism,

intended to take effective measures for fight against illegal migration, attaching importance to international cooperation in fight against crime,

in view of regulations of the Contract between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Lithuania on legal assistance and legal relations on civil, family and criminal cases of August 9, 1994 and the Protocol to it of March 7, 1997,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. The parties cooperate within the legislation of the states, and also international treaties which participants they are, in the field of fight against organized crime, other types of crimes, including their prevention, suppression, disclosure and investigation.

2. This agreement does not raise the questions of rendering legal assistance on criminal cases and issues.

Article 2

1. The parties perform cooperation in fight with:

1.1. organized crime;

1.2. terrorism;

1.3. illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition, destructive devices, explosive and toxic agents, and also radioactive materials;

1.4. illicit trafficking in narcotic and psychotropic substances, and also precursors (further in the text - drugs);

1.5. crimes against life and health of the person;

1.6. property offenses;

1.7. crimes in the field of economy;

1.8. taking of hostages;

1.9. smuggling;

1.10. illegal financial transactions and legalization of income gained as a result of criminal activities;

1.11. counterfeit of bank notes, securities, credit cards, official documents, and also their illegal distribution and use;

1.12. criminal infringement of cultural and historical values;

1.13. illegal transactions with vehicles;

1.14. the illegal activities connected with prostitution and human trafficking;

1.15. illegal migration;

1.16. ecological crimes.

2. The parties also cooperate in the following areas:

2.1. safety on transport;

2.2. trainings, developments of scientific and information bonds.

3. The parties can perform cooperation and in other directions which are of mutual interest.

Article 3

1. The parties will perform cooperation in the following forms:

1.1. execution of requests;

1.2. exchange of operational, search, reference, criminalistic and archive information;

1.3. the approved holding operational actions;

1.4. experience exchange of work in the field of fight against crime;

1.5. exchange of specialists for receipt of mutual information in the different fields of fight against crime and on the criminalistic equipment;

1.6. exchange of legislative and other regulatory legal acts in the field of fight against crime;

1.7. exchange of results of scientific research, including in the field of criminalistics and criminology;

1.8. rendering on mutual basis of assistance in preparation, retraining and advanced trainings of personnel.

2. The amount and specific forms of cooperation are determined by agreement of the central competent authorities taking into account requirements and change of conditions, and also other important circumstances. The parties can give each other free aid for the purpose of accomplishment of this agreement.

Article 4

For the purpose of fight against drug trafficking of the Party first of all:

1.1. exchange work experience on control of legal drug trafficking, and also information on methods of leakage of drugs from legal production;

1.2. jointly perform the measures directed to prevention of illegal leakage of drugs from legal turnover;

1.3. exchange data on persons involved in production and drug trafficking or trade in them, information on new methods of concealment of drugs and methods of their detection, routes and channels of their illegal transportation;

1.4. provide each other samples of new types of drugs, and also communicate about their properties, the equipment and technologies used for their illegal production;

1.5. jointly perform operational actions in fight against drug trafficking.

Article 5

1. For the purpose of fight against terrorism the central competent authorities of the Parties according to provisions of this agreement perform cooperation by exchange of information, being of mutual interest, including:

1.1. about the revealed intentions of individuals, groups or organizations to assassinate concerning the state of other Party;

1.2. about the preparing acts of terrorism directed against heads of the states, the governments of foreign countries and members of the international organizations;

2. Exchange of information is performed based on request of the concerned party for rendering assistance or at the initiative of the Party assuming that such information is of interest to other Party.

Article 6

For the purpose of fight against illegal migration of the Party communicate:

1.1. about available facts of violation of frontier from citizens of the state of other Party;

1.2. about the facts of detention of citizens of the state of other Party for attempt of illegal transportation of drugs, weapon, ammunition, explosive, toxic and radioactive materials;

1.3. about available facts of forgery on the right of crossing of frontier by citizens of the states of the Parties.

Article 7

1. For the purpose of cooperation in the field of fight against organized crime of the Party:

1.1. exchange data on persons involved in organized crime;

1.2. communicate about organized criminal groups and communities, their structure, organizers, structure, field of activity and criminal bonds;

1.3. communicate about circumstances of making of crimes by organized groups and communities, in particular, about time, the place, features and methods of making of crimes, subjects to encroachment, and also about criminal and legal qualification of their illegal acts;

1.4. interact when holding operational actions and for this purpose perform coordinated actions and give mutual personnel, financial and organizational aid;

1.5. perform exchange for joint or mutual increase in professionalism by specialists in the field of fight against organized crime and other types of crimes;

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