11 Amendments of Marco ZANNI related to 2015/2110(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in 2014, 1 649 irregularities were reported as being fraudulent and affecting the European budget to the tune of EUR 538.2 million, relating to both the expenditure side and the revenue side, but there are no official data on what percentage of fraud is attributable to organised crime;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the Commission has proposed a vast array of measures to combat these crimes and that some results are already available (i.e. automatic information exchange, anti-money laundering directive); regrets, however, that there is still no instrument for the exchange of information regarding accounting entries between two or more Member States in order to prevent transnational fraud in respect of the Structural and Investment Funds, and calls on the Commission to draft such a proposal as soon as possible;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned about the increase in VAT-related fraud, in particular so-called carousel fraud; calls on all Member States to participate in all of EUROFISC’s fields of activity so as to facilitate the exchange of information to help combat this kind of fraud;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that transparency is the most effective instrument for combating abuse and fraud; calls on the Commission to improve legislation in this regard, making it compulsory to publish data relating to all the beneficiaries of EU funding, including data on subcontracts;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the opinion that a common method for seizing criminal group’s assets in the EU cwould be a dissuasive measure for criminals; invites the Member States competent authorities to share best practices in this area within the existing meetings platforms, such as the Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention (COCOLAF) and others; calls on Member States to swiftly transpose the directive on the confiscation of assets from crime and to promote the re-use of confiscated assets for social purposes, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that organised crime uses construction companies that specialise in earth moving to launder money and illegally dispose of toxic substances that cause environmental pollution; calls on the Commission, in order to prevent such practices, to carry out anti-crime inspections on contractors and subcontractors who are beneficiaries of contracts for major infrastructure projects financed by the EU budget;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Is concerned about the recurring practice of criminal companies involved in money laundering submitting below- cost bids in tender procedures for major projects; calls on the Commission to include an economic assessment of proposals in respect of companies that are awarded contracts and subcontractors;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the vital role of banks with regard to money laundering and, in this regard, calls on the Commission to draw up a proposal in order to ensure full transparency of bank flows not only for individuals, but also for legal entities and trusts;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls for banking licences to be withdrawn from banks involved in proven cases in which large amounts of money have been laundered;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Is concerned about the lack of any specific national legislation against organised crime in many Northern European countries; is aware that such a shortcoming offers a great opportunity for organised crime in relation to the trade in illegal products passing through the ports of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea; calls on the Commission to continue promoting exchanges of information and best practice between Member States in order to combat the entry of illegal goods into the EU;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Is concerned about the decline in resources made available by Member States to combat the illicit tobacco trade; calls on the Commission, when signing new agreements with the tobacco industry, to stipulate that the share of the proceeds from those agreements for the Member States should be tied, in their budgets, to measures to combat the smuggling of illicit tobacco products;