7 Amendments of Demetris PAPADAKIS related to 2017/2203(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas given that terrorism is a global crime, the effective response to it must also be a global and holistic one, with coordination and the exchange of basic information on physical and legal persons, and suspicious activity, being absolutely vital;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas leaked intelligence and research reports even suggests that institutions and individuals in the Arabian Gulf ares well as Turkey's reported evidence of direct or indirect involvement of providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh, Al-Qaeda and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self-sufficient;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the timely exchange of basickey information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination and effectiveness by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basickey information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) calls on the Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agencies; and recommends the issue of quarterly public threat assessments that combine the intelligence and information gathered by Europol and INTCEN;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) calls on the Member States to step up the monitoring of suspicious financial activities, taking also into consideration the diversity of financial means used for terrorist activities, from cash and cultural artefacts to virtual currencies and anonymous pre-paid cards, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to access suspicious transactions, taking account of the proportionality principle and the right to privacy; calls on the Member States to provide more training for and increase the specialisation of investigators in order to achieve that;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) welcomes the entry into force of the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive which strengthens the existing rules by ensuring a high level of safeguards for financial flows from high- risk third countries, enhancing the access of Financial Intelligence Units to information, including centralised bank account registers, and tackling terrorist financing risks linked to virtual currencies and pre-paid cards and calls for its speedy transposition and implementation by the Member States;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) calls on the Commission to strengthen support to third countries, especially neighbouring countries, in their efforts to tackle serious crime such as drugs or firearms trafficking as source of terrorist finance;