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Jury Instruction—Elements of 18 U.S.C. § 1957

There are five elements to this offense that the government must prove: FIRST, the defendant must knowingly engage or attempt to engage in a monetary transaction; SECOND, the defendant must know that the transaction involved criminally derived property; THIRD, the criminally derived property must be of a value greater than $10,000; FOURTH, the criminally derived property must also, in fact, have been derived from a specified unlawful activity; and FIFTH, the monetary transaction must have taken place [specify either]: [in the United States [or, if applicable, the special maritime jurisdiction of the United States as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 7]]; or [outside the United States and the defendant is a U.S. person. You are instructed that the term "U.S. person" means [insert one of the six subsections of 18 U.S.C. §  3077(2), except for subsection (2)(D) which is expressly excluded by §  1957(d)(2)]]. In this case, it is alleged that the financial transaction took place in _____________. I instruct you that this is within the [territory] of the United States. Title 18, U.S.C. § 1957 Granted ____ Denied ____