text: traffic in narcotic drugs shall include the acquisition, holding, conversion or transfer of property by a person who knows that such property is derived from the crime defined in the present article in order to conceal or disguise the illicit origin of the property. $51See Section: D.1 above snd the commentaries to articles 14 and 15 (Q~C~:~-C~B~~_~RB_CQF~~-_Q~ .fhsAfm~~ti~~ Fortv-feurthSassion.SupgJsmant ha.. .lQ (A/44/10), pp. 182-187). 6 7.1See also the definition of mercenarias in paragraph 2 of article 47 of Additional Protocol I. 6.81 As explained in the commentary, the Commission provisionally decided that this article should appear in the Part of Chapter II of the draft Code devoted to crimes against humanity. - 67 -3.Illioit traffic in aarcotio drug8 mean3 any prodllctitii3, manufacture, extraotion, preparation, offering, offering fcr Bale, distribution, eale, delivery on any terms whatsoever, brokerage, dispatch, dispatch in transit, transport, importation or oxportation of any narcotic drug or any psychotropic substance contrary to intornal or international law, CommonLlbEY (1) In adopting this draft article, the Commiseion has provisionally confined , itself to illicit drug trafficking as a crime against humanity evan though the Special Rapportwr had also submitted a draft article on illicit drug trafficking a8 a crime against peace, In characterising traffic in narcotic drug8 a8 a crime against humanity, the Commission wished to stress that the phenomenon is a danger for all mankind and to jmphaoiso the fact that it is a thrdat not only to the public order of tho country where it cccur8, but also to the international community. The Unitod Nations Convontion against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drug8 and Psychotropic Substances of 19 Docombor 1988 did not mako this crime an inturnational one, but it did give international or regional organisations competence for the prevention of illicit traffic and
analysis: This text appears to be related to international law and the criminalization of drug trafficking, highlighting its impact on humanity and the international community. The language used is formal and technical, indicating a focus on legal and policy aspects rather than social or economic development.