# GwG Art. 10 — Freezing of assets - **Rubric (DE):** Vermögenssperre - **Rubric (EN):** Freezing of assets - **Status:** In force ## Description Abs. 1: the financial intermediary freezes the assets entrusted to it that are connected with a report under Art. 9 Abs. 1 Bst. a or StGB Art. 305ter Abs. 2 as soon as MROS informs it that it is passing the information to a prosecution authority. Abs. 1bis: assets connected with a report under Art. 9 Abs. 1 Bst. c (match with data on terrorist lists forwarded under Art. 22a) are frozen immediately. Abs. 2: the freeze lasts until an order of the prosecution authority arrives, at most five working days after MROS's notice (Abs. 1) or the report (Abs. 1bis). ## Serves AMLR _none_ ## Further AMLR connections - [[AMLR Art. 71 - Refraining from transactions|AMLR Art. 71]] — Opposite defaults: AMLR Art. 71 has the entity refrain from the transaction until it has reported and the FIU has had 3 working days to respond; GwG Art. 10 freezes reported assets only once MROS passes the case on (or at once for terrorist-list matches), for up to five working days. *(related)* ## FATF - [[FATF R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures|FATF R.4 — Confiscation and provisional measures]] — GwG Art. 10 makes the financial intermediary freeze reported assets for up to five working days until a prosecution authority's order arrives; R.4 concerns the authorities' own powers to freeze, seize and confiscate. *(related)* ## Swiss counterparts - [[GwG Art. 11 - Exclusion from criminal and civil liability|GwG Art. 11]] — GwG Art. 11 also protects good-faith asset freezes under Art. 10. *(direct)* - [[GwG Art. 9 - Duty to report (to MROS)|GwG Art. 9]] — GwG Art. 10 requires assets connected with an Art. 9 Abs. 1 Bst. a report to be frozen once MROS passes the case to a prosecution authority, and those connected with a terrorist-list match (Art. 9 Abs. 1 Bst. c) at once. *(direct)* - [[GwG Art. 9a - Client orders concerning reported assets|GwG Art. 9a]] — Under GwG Art. 9a client orders on reported assets are executed while MROS analyses the report; the freeze under GwG Art. 10 applies only once MROS passes the case to a prosecution authority. *(direct)* - [[StGB Art. 305ter - Lack of due diligence and right to report|StGB Art. 305ter]] — GwG Art. 10 Abs. 1 also applies to assets connected with a report under StGB Art. 305ter Abs. 2. *(direct)* ## Authoritative text > [!quote]- GwG Art. 10 — German original, SR 955.0, consolidated version of 1 October 2026 (Fedlex) > **Art. 10 Vermögenssperre** > 1 Der Finanzintermediär sperrt die ihm anvertrauten Vermögenswerte, die mit der Meldung nach Artikel 9 Absatz 1 Buchstabe a dieses Gesetzes oder nach Artikel 305ter Absatz 2 StGB im Zusammenhang stehen, sobald ihm die Meldestelle mitteilt, dass sie die gemeldeten Informationen einer Strafverfolgungsbehörde übermittelt. > 1bis Er sperrt unverzüglich die ihm anvertrauten Vermögenswerte, die mit der Meldung nach Artikel 9 Absatz 1 Buchstabe c im Zusammenhang stehen. > 2 Er erhält die Vermögenssperre aufrecht, bis eine Verfügung der zuständigen Strafverfolgungsbehörde bei ihm eintrifft, längstens aber fünf Werktage ab dem Zeitpunkt, in dem ihm die Meldestelle im Falle von Absatz 1 die Übermittlung der gemeldeten Informationen mitgeteilt hat oder er im Falle von Absatz 1bis der Meldestelle Meldung erstattet hat.