1 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2019/2069(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Highlights the important role of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (the 'Centre’) in providing policy-makers and practitioners with analyses and information concerning drugs and drug addiction as well as emerging trends with a view to effectively counter illicit drug use and trafficking and recalls that drug trafficking has been identified as a main source of profit and a channel of recruitment for organized crime and terrorism; reminds that the Centre’s mandate was expanded in 2018, including new responsibilities and formal partnerships with other EU agencies, such as Europol;