Section 6. Conduct outside Germany affecting internationally protected interests

Regardless of the law of the place of commission, the German criminal law is also applicable to the following acts committed outside of Germany:
1. Genocide (§ 220a);
2. Crimes involving atomic energy, explosives and radiation in cases falling within the provisions of §§ 310b, 311(1) to (3), § 311a(2) and § 311b;
3. Attacks on air traffic (§ 316c);
4. Encouraging prostitution in cases failing within the provisions of § 180a(3) to (5) and white slave traffic (§ 181);
5. Unauthorized dealings in narcotics;
6. Dissemination of pornography in cases falling within the provisions of § 184(3);
7. Counterfeiting of money and securities, and the preparation of these crimes (§§ 146, 149, 151, and 152), as well as the counterfeiting of exemplars for Eurochecks and Eurocheck guarantee cards (§ 152a);
8. Economic subsidy fraud;
9. Acts committed abroad which are made punishable by the terms of an international treaty binding on the Federal Republic of Germany.


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