To introduce measures to combat organised crime, money laundering and criminalgang activities; to prohibit certain activities relating to racketeering activities; toprovide for the prohibition of money laundering and for an obligation to report certaininformation; to criminalise certain activities associated with gangs; to provide for therecovery of the proceeds of unlawful activity; for the civil forfeiture of criminal assetsthat have been used to commit an offence or assets that are the proceeds of unlawfulactivity; to provide for the establishment of a Criminal Assets Recovery Account; to amendthe Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992; to amend the International Co-operation inCriminal Matters Act, 1996; to repeal the Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996; to incorporate theprovisions contained in the Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996; and to provide for mattersconnected therewith.