Seizure of assets

Mexico

Mexico - Constitution 1917 (2015) EN

''TITLE ONE, CHAPTER I: Human Rights and Guarantees, Article 22''
Appropriation of assets shall not be considered as confiscation when such

appropriation is ordered by the authority for the payment of taxes, fines or civil

liability. Appropriation in the following cases shall not be deemed as confiscation: a)

appropriation of property ordered by the judicial authority under the terms provided

by Article 109 in case of illicit enrichment; b) appropriation of seized goods that were

abandoned by the owner; and c) appropriation of goods, which ownership has been

declared extinct by a sentence. In the event of ownership extinction, there shall be a

procedure according to the following regulations:

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(k) The identification, tracing and freezing or seizure of proceeds, property and assets and instrumentalities of crimes for the purpose of eventual forfeiture, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties; and