According to Article 2(1) of Bahrain Decree-Law No. 4/2001, any person who commits any of the following acts for the purpose of showing that the source of the money is lawful will have committed the offence of money laundering:

• conducting a transaction with the proceeds of crime knowing or believing or having reason to know or believe, that such property is derived from criminal activity or from an act of participation in criminal activity;

• the concealment or disguise of the nature, source, location, disposition, movement, rights with respect of, in or over, or ownership of the proceeds of crime, knowing or believing, or having reason to know or believe, that such proceeds of crime are derived from criminal activity or from an act of participation in criminal activity;