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Article 4Asset-tracing investigations#
1.To facilitate cross-border cooperation, Member States shall take measures to enable the swift tracing and identification of instrumentalities and proceeds, or of property which is, or might become, the object of a freezing or confiscation order in the course of proceedings in criminal matters.
2.Property referred to in paragraph 1 shall also include property which is, or might become, the object of a freezing or confiscation order in accordance with Article 10(2) of Directive (EU) 2024/1226.
3.Where an investigation is initiated in relation to a criminal offence that is liable to give rise to substantial economic benefit, asset-tracing investigations pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be carried out immediately by competent authorities. Member States may limit the scope of such asset-tracing investigations to investigations into offences liable to have been committed within the framework of a criminal organisation.
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