Money Laundering from the Perspective of Palestinian Anti-Corruption Legislation

This study examined the Privacy of money-laundering crime Organized by Decree-Law No. 39 of 2022 to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism when it is considered a corruption crime in Palestinian legislation. Employing the analytical descriptive method of the Anti-Corruption Act and its amendments to analyze and understand the concept and conditions of this crime as a crime of corruption and the Privacy of the procedure for prosecuting this crime as a crime of corruption; this is because the Palestinian anti-Corruption Act No. 1 of 2005 and its amendments consider the crime of money laundering is a crime of corruption if certain conditions apply. The study attempted to answer a key question: What are the special features of money laundering when it is considered a corruption crime? The study concluded that the law considered this crime to be a crime of corruption when it is committed by a Person subject to the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Act, and the crime is committed on money resulting from an original corruption crime. Therefore, Competent authorities Which is responsible for prosecuting the perpetrators of crimes were the Competent authorities Which is responsible for pursuing corruption crimes, such as the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission, the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office and the Corruption Tribunal, These institutions work to ensure that these crimes are effectively combated, It also clarifies that the crime of money laundering as a crime of corruption is subject to special rules such as not being subject to statutes of limitations, as well as the possibility of applying excuses that are exempt or mitigating punishment, or special procedures in moving the lawsuit.