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Article 25 – Seizure and confiscation

1 Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, in accordance with domestic law, to permit

seizure and confiscation of:

a the goods, documents and other instruments used, or intended to be used, to commit the offences referred

to in Articles 15 to 17 of this Convention;

b the proceeds of those offences, or property of a value corresponding to those proceeds.

Chapter VII – International co-operation in judicial and other matters

Article 26 – Measures with a view to international co-operation in criminal matters

1 The Parties shall co-operate with each other, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and in

accordance with the relevant applicable international and regional instruments and arrangements agreed on the

basis of uniform or reciprocal legislation and with their domestic law, to the widest extent possible for the purposes

of investigations, prosecutions and judicial proceedings concerning the offences referred to in Articles 15 to 17 of

this Convention, including seizure and confiscation.

2 The Parties shall co-operate to the widest extent possible, in accordance with the relevant applicable

international, regional and bilateral treaties on extradition and mutual assistance in criminal matters and in

accordance with their domestic law, concerning the offences referred to in Articles 15 to 17 of this Convention.

3 In matters of international co-operation, whenever dual criminality is considered to be a requirement, it shall

be deemed to have been fulfilled, irrespective of whether the laws of the requested State place the offence within

the same category of offence or use the same term to denominate the offence as the requesting State, if the conduct

underlying the offence in respect of which legal mutual assistance or extradition is requested is a criminal offence

under the laws of both Parties.

4 If a Party that makes extradition or mutual legal assistance in criminal matters conditional on the existence

of a treaty receives a request for extradition or legal assistance in criminal matters from a Party with which it has no

such treaty, it may, acting in full compliance with its obligations under international law and subject to the conditions

provided for by its own domestic law, consider this Convention to be the legal basis for extradition or mutual legal

assistance in criminal matters in respect of the offences referred to in Articles 15 to 17 of this Convention.

Article 27 – Other international co-operation measures in respect of prevention

1 Each Party shall endeavour to integrate, where appropriate, the prevention of and the fight against the

manipulation of sports competitions into assistance programmes for the benefit of third States.

Article 28 – International co-operation with international sports organisations

1 Each Party, in accordance with its domestic law, shall co-operate with international sports organisations in

the fight against the manipulation of sports competitions.

Chapter VIII – Follow up

Article 29 – Provision of information

1 Each Party shall forward to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in one of the official languages

of the Council of Europe, all relevant information concerning legislative and other measures taken by it for the

purpose of complying with the terms of this Convention.

Article 30 – Convention Follow-up Committee

1 For the purposes of this Convention, the Convention Follow-up Committee is hereby set up.

2 Each Party may be represented on the Convention Follow-up Committee by one or more delegates, including

representatives of public authorities responsible for sport, law-enforcement or betting regulation. Each Party shall

have one vote.