ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Prevention of Organised Crimes Act
3. Organised criminal activities.
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
3. Organised criminal activities.
A person engages in organised criminal activity where the person—(a)is a member or professes to be a member of an organised criminal group;(b)knowingly advises, causes, encourages or recruits another person to become a member of an organised criminal group;(c)acts in concert with other persons in the commission of a serious offence for the purpose of obtaining material or financial benefit or for any other purpose;(d)being a member of an organised criminal group, knowingly directs or instructs any person to commit a serious crime;(e)threatens to commit or facilitate the commission of any act of violence with the assistance of an organised criminal group;(f)threatens any person with retaliation in any manner in response to any act or alleged act of violence in connection with organised criminal activity;(g)being a member of an organised criminal group with intent to extort or gain anything from any person, kidnaps or attempts to kidnap any person, threatens any person with injury or detriment of any kind;(h)provides, receives or invites another to provide or receive instructions or training, for the purposes of or in connection with organized criminal activity;(i)possesses an article for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of serious crime involving an organised criminal group;(j)possesses, collects, makes or transmits a document or records likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit a serious crime involving an organised criminal group;(k)provides, receives, or invites another to provide property and intends that the property should be used for the purposes of an organised criminal group;(l)uses, causes or permits any other person to use property belonging to an organised criminal group for the purposes of the activities of an organised criminal group;(m)knowingly enters into an arrangement whereby the retention or control by or on behalf of another person of criminal group funds is facilitated;(n)being a member of an organized criminal group endangers the life of any person or causes serious damage to the property of any person;(o)organises, attends or addresses a meeting for the purpose of encouraging support of an organised criminal group or furthering its activities.