Maldives and India enter treaty on assistance in criminal matters
It was the first treaty of its kind signed by the Maldives.
04 Sep 2019, 9:00 AM
The Maldives and India on Tuesday exchanged a treaty on providing mutual legal assistance on criminal matters, establishing a broad legal framework for cooperation in investigation and prosecution of transnational crime.
The first pact of its kind signed by the Maldives, the treaty paves the way for mutual support in “tracing, restraints forfeiture or confiscation of funds meant for financing of terrorism as also the proceeds and instruments of crime,” according to the Maldives president’s office.
It was signed by Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Indian Ambassador Sunjay Sudhir on the sidelines of the Indian Ocean Conference at the Paradise Island Resort near the capital.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih submitted the treaty for parliamentary approval in February. It was endorsed in July with 65 votes in favour and 11 against as Solih’s Maldivian Democratic Party controls nearly a three-quarters majority in the 85-member house.
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