14. 专家组注意到它所讨论的重大故意事件中，多数涉及的犯罪分子的动机包括通过大爆炸产生引人注目的轰动效应。专家组认为很难对恐怖活动与一般犯罪之间作任何明确的区分，但考虑到由于所有国家都将安置或引爆可造成人员伤亡或财产损害风险的爆炸装置视为犯罪行为，作这种区分对于其工作是没有必要的。专家组因此决定不作此种区分地收集所有与爆炸物有关的犯罪活动的数据并在此基础上进行分析。
14. The Group of Experts noted that most of the major intentional incidents that it discussed involved offenders whose motives encompassed the high profile and publicity generated by large explosions. It considered the difficulties in attempting to develop any clear distinction between terrorist activities and crime in general, but it was aware that, since planting or detonating explosive devices where there was a risk of death, injury or property damage were treated as criminal acts by every State, making such a distinction was not necessary to its work. It therefore decided to collect and analyse data on the basis of including all explosive-related criminal activity without such distinctions.