Legal basis: Article 191 of the Criminal Law knowingly commits one of the following acts: drug crime, organized crime of underworld nature, terrorist activity crime, smuggling crime, corruption and bribery crime, crime of disrupting financial management order, and financial fraud crime, and the above-mentioned criminal gains and the income generated therefrom shall be confiscated, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or shall only be fined more than five times the amount of money laundering. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than five percent but not more than twenty percent of the money laundering amount:
(1) Providing capital accounts;
(2) Assisting in converting property into cash, financial bills and securities;
(three) to assist the transfer of funds through transfer or other settlement methods;
(four) to assist the remittance of funds abroad;
(5) concealing or disguising the source and nature of the proceeds of crime and their proceeds by other means.
If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years.
Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Law: A defense lawyer may meet and correspond with a criminal suspect or defendant in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody.
If a defense lawyer holds a lawyer's practice certificate, a law firm's certificate, a power of attorney or a letter of legal aid to ask for a meeting with the criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in time, which shall not exceed 48 hours at the latest.
In criminal cases endangering national security and terrorist activities, defense lawyers should obtain permission from the investigation organ when meeting with the criminal suspect in custody during the investigation. The investigation organ shall notify the detention center of the above situation in advance.
When a defense lawyer meets a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, he can understand the case and provide legal advice. From the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution, the relevant evidence may be verified with the criminal suspect or defendant. Defense lawyers are not monitored when meeting with criminal suspects and defendants.
The provisions of the first, third and fourth paragraphs shall apply to the meetings and correspondence between defense lawyers and criminal suspects and defendants who are under surveillance.