Activities of Timothy KIRKHOPE related to 2010/2309(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on organised crime in the European Union PDF (254 KB) DOC (158 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
- A. Whereas the enlargement of the Schengen Area, which brings for example source countries of human trafficking within the area of free movement, makes it more important to develop effective strategies on combating organised crime within the European Union;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that organised crime is one of the key threats to the internal security of the EU; considers that it should be treated separately from terrorism and calls for a specific, horizontal EU strategy on the issue, including legislative and operational measures,is of the opinion that Europol and Eurojust must make more of their allocation of funds and a strict implementation timetableed funding in this area;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on theSupports Member States to clarify their political willin their actions to combat organised crime, first and foremost by strengthening their judicial authorities and police forces based on the best current experience and by assigning adequate human and financial resources for that purpose;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that to counter transnational organised crime requires an effort on the part of the Member States and calls on them to apimproximate their legislation, especially with reference to the development of common, standardve cooperation and coordination, especially with regard to procedures and types of criminal offence, taking as a model the legal systems that are the most highly developed in terms of countering organised crime;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, an organic proposal for a directive on the confiscation of assets and the proceeds of crime, accepting and supporting the urgent need for European legislation on the re-use of crime proceeds for social purposes, including witness protection, so that the capital of criminal organisations or their associates can be re- injected into legal, clean, transparent and virtuous economic circuits;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onUrges the Commission to draw up a proposal for a directive to make the offence of Mafia associationassociating with Mafia or other criminal rings a punishable crime in all Member States, in order to be able to punish criminal organisations which profit from their very existence, through their ability to intimidate – even without any specific acts of violence or threats – with the aim of securing the management or control, either directly or indirectly, of businesses, concessions, authorisations, contracts and public services, or of making, for themselves or others, unfair profits or gaining unjust advantages, or of preventing or impeding the free exercise of voting rights or securing votes for themselves or others in elections;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study to assess the negative impact of transnational organised crime in the European Union, primarily referring to Mafia-style organised crime and its links with criminal organisations from countries outside Europeeffectiveness of EU and Member States crime-fighting agencies;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that despite the protocols and bilateral agreements between Europol, Eurojust and OLAF there is still significant room for improvement as far as cooperation between these institutions is concerned; calls, therefore, on Europol, Eurojust and OLAF, OLAF and the European anti- trafficking coordinator to make tangible, joint efforts both to assess and constantly update the cooperation agreements and to implement them, notably with reference to exchanges of case summaries, information relating to cases and strategic information and data;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of promoting a culture of legality and increasing awareness and knowledge of the issue among citizens and, in general, public opinion; highlights, in this regard, the fundamental role of a free press that is free from all outside influences and can thus investigate and publicise the links between organised crime and vested interests, first and foremost those of politics; expresses serious concern over all measures taken by Member States which tend to reduce press freedom or subject it to any form of control;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the vital importance of public sector transparency in the fight against organised crime and calls on the Commission to take action to lay down the necessary rules and ensure that the use of EU funds is fully traceable and monitored both by the competent institutions and the citizens and press; calls for this information to be promptly made available on the internet; calls on the Member States to adopt similar measures to make all transactions using public funds transparent, with particular reference to local authorities, which are more liable to infiltration by organised crime, taking into account the inherently secretive nature of organized crime fighting actions;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission to investigate the abuse of self-employment regulations within the Schengen Area by human traffickers who use this possibility to lure mainly Central and Eastern European women into prostitution in mainly Western European countries;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the European institutions to send out a clear message at EU level and to assert their political influence internationally with a view to curbing forms of money laundering through the use of the financial markets, in particular by: drawing up better capital control rules; encouraging a reduction of the pervasiveness of the financial markets (using tools such as the taxation of investment income and the introduction of a tax on international financial transactions); imposing increased transparency on the use of public funds, first and foremost on those to support private sector development, and carrying out a serious and effective offensive against tax havens by imposing country- by-country financial reporting on all multinational economic operators; promoting a multilateral agreement on the exchange of tax-related information whilst revising the definition of ‘tax haven’ and the list of these secret jurisdictions;