Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1086

The offence of money laundering. The criterion for its establishment. - The material element of the offence of money laundering. Its establishment depends on committing one of the acts stipulated in Article 2/2-3 of Law 35 of 2002 concerning Combating Money Laundering Operations. - Criminal intent. The criterion for its existence: the perpetrator’s will being directed towards performing any of those acts with the intent to launder money by presenting it as funds or proceeds obtained from a legitimate source, with knowledge that it was obtained from an offence or from an act of participation therein. The import thereof. Assessment of its existence. A matter of fact. Example.