MPs have tightened legislation to crack down on money laundering, terrorist financing, the smuggling of people and human trafficking to bring Bermuda in line with international regulations.Introducing the Proceeds of Crime and Related Measures Amendment Act 2013, Attorney General Mark Pettingill said that the Island had a high level of compliance, but that there were “gaps that needed to be addressed” to challenge “illicit and unethical business dealings”.Included among the amendments are a “direct obligation” to report suspicions of money laundering or terrorist financing to the relevant agencies. And money launderers could have their assets confiscated if they are found to have profited from crime.The Transnational Organised Crime Act 2013 — which was also presented to the House by Mr Pettingill, gives a specific definition of a criminal organisation as a group of three or more aimed at deriving benefit from the breaking of the law — though it excludes groups that are “randomly formed for the immediate commission of a single offence”.Anyone who knowingly takes part in such a group is liable under the Act to a $50,000 fine or five years’ imprisonment — and migrant smuggling warrants a like penalty on summary conviction, plus an “unlimited fine or imprisonment for 20 years” upon conviction on indictment.Trafficking includes the use of a person for sexual purposes, forced labour or the removal of a body part.And Bermuda authorities will be required to return victims of trafficking to their country of origin — although Mr Pettingill conceded in the House of Assembly that the Island would have to involve the UK.The Act also qualifies the decision to repatriate a victim of trafficking with the caveat that none be returned to a state where they were liable to persecution.Both Acts were passed unanimously.