littleprevious experience withdevious financial transactions and complicated commercial crimes. 75.InHongKong,theSolicitor-General hadrecently concluded amajorstudy offorfeiture measures adopted invarious countries, including Australia, CanadaandtheUnitedstates. Asaresultofthisstudy,present proposals included thefollowing: arequirement thatconvicting courlsshouldin appropriate circumstances ontheapplication oftheAttorney General, apply severemandatory pecuniary penalties onconviction; theprovision ofmore wide-ranging investigatory powers; someshifting oftheburdenofproofto thosefoundinpossession ofunexplained assets; powertofreezeassets pending finalization ofinvestigation. Itwouldstillbenecessary for requests fromjurisdictions outside HongKongforassistance intracing illegal assetstobemadeonacourt-to-court basis. 16.InKalaysia, newlegislation onthissubject wasproposed andclose contact wasbeingmaintained between theGovernments ofKalaysia and Singapore; thelatterGovernment wasawaiting withgreatinterest lhe enactment ofthenewHalayslan Law.. 77.InAustralia, RoyalCommissions hadinrecentyears,madespecific recommendations onthisSUbject, anumberofwhichweregradually being implemented. Ithadbeenproposed thattherecently established National CrimesAuthority wouldhaveaccesstotaxation records inpursuit ofthe identification ofillegally-acquired assets. Powersalsoexisted under customs legislalion andthesewerebeingused.Thecomplexity ofexisting legislation concerning theimposition ofpecuniary penalties hadbeenan inhibiting factorinefforts todeprive traffickers ofillegally-acquired assets. Aswasthecaseinsomeotherstates, Australian druglaw enforcement agencles would prefe~tohavemoresimpleleglslation and administrative procedures iDrelation totheforfeiture ofassets. Present legislation demanded specific investigative skillswhichwasrequiring emphasis onspecialist training ofinvestigators.&<E/CN.7/l98S/9 page19 78.InIndia,success wasbeingachieved intheapplicalion oflegislation permitting theforfeiture ofillegally-acquired property andassets. The representative oftheDivision undertook totransmit copiesoftherelevant Indianlegislation toparticipants. 79.Theobserver fromInterpol described relevant workundertaken byhis organization; thisincluded theestablishment ofaspecial CommercIal Crime unit(FOPAC) which,liketheDrugsSub-Division. workedclosely withthe Division andCCC.Interpol's Financial AssetsEncyclopaedia continued tobe updated. Apattern ofadhocworking groupshadprovedveryusefulandcould beextended onrequest fromMembercountries. Similar actionhadbeenlaken byCCCtocomplement workdonebytheDivision andInterpol; guidelines were noWbeingdeveloped forCustoms officers onthebasisofindividual states' legislative provisions. TheUnitedNations hadheldtworecentExpertGroup Meetings andpublished onespecial issueoftheBulletin onNarcotics onthis subject; asecondspecial issuewouldbepublished inearly1985tofurther increase knowledge ofmeasures whichhadbeensuccessfully takeninthis field. 80.Themeeting welcomed allthesedevelopments, expressed satisfaclion with theworkthathadbeendonebyconcerned international organizations and believed thatanynewConvention mightveryusefully address meansof streamlining mulualjudicial andotherassistance inordertofacilitate the tracing, freezIng andforfeiture oftheproceeds ofdrugcrimesatthe international level. (i)Development andpromotion ofmoreeffective actionagainstillicit drug traffic through training 81.Themeeting debated thesubject oftraining atlengthandconcluded that thisareaofmutualassistance wasonewhich,withtheco-operation ofall concerned, hadprobably movedmosteffectively inparallel withthe development ofHONLEAandasaresultofitsvarious decisions and recommendations onthissubject. Agreatdealhadalready beenachieved to increase awareness ofdrug-related problems through national, regional and international workshops andseminars. Thishadbeenincreasingly effectIve notonlyinrespect ofdruglawenforcement butalsoforthoseconcerned with otheraspects ofdrugabusecontrol. Itwasveryimportant tocontinue to providetraining. Totheextentpossible, thisshouldnowbefurther refined
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international cooperation and legislation related to drug trafficking and money laundering. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on legal and economic issues. The text mentions specific countries and organizations, such as Interpol and the United Nations, and discusses the development of laws and procedures to combat drug-related crimes.

**Category**
International trade, Law and justice