13 Amendments of Monica MACOVEI related to 2010/2309(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
- having regard to Written Declaration 2/2010 of the European Parliament on the Union’s efforts in combating corruption,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
Citation 30 b (new)
- having regard to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 20 November 2008 – Proceeds of organised crime: ensuring that “crime does not pay” [COM(2008) 766]
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 c (new)
Citation 30 c (new)
- having regard to Council Framework Decision 2006/783/JHA of 6 October 2006 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to confiscation orders,
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls onNotes that 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, so that the capital of criminal organisations or their associates can be re-injected into legal, clean, transparent and virtuous economic circuitsincluded in its Work Programme for 2011 a proposal for a new legal framework on the confiscation and recovery of criminal assets; calls on the Commission to submit this proposal as soon as possible and to include in this proposal the confiscation without a criminal conviction (civil confiscation);
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to accept and support the urgent need for European legislation on the re-use of crime proceeds for social purposes, so that the capital of criminal organisations or their associates can be re-injected into legal, clean, transparent and virtuous economic circuits;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Members States to establish fully equipped Asset Recovery Offices, with trained staff and necessary powers;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of providing appropriate protection for the victims of organised crime, witnesses, informers, whistleblowers and their families and calls on the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, a legislative proposal on this issue, the subject of which should be not only victims and their families but also witnesses and, informers and whistleblowers; calls for all types of victim to be treated equally (in particular the victims of organised crime, of duty and of terrorism) and for the protection of court witnesses to be extended over and beyond the duration of the court proceedings; proposes establishing a European fund for the protection of victims and court witnesses;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Subheading 6 a (new)
Countering organised crime through transparency measures;
Amendment 191 #
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 on a central website in a machine-readable, comparable and open data format and in at least one of the working languages of the EU; 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;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
Countering organised crime through fighting corruption and money- laundering;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is convinced of the intrinsic link between organised crime and corruption and emphatically reiterates the request it expressed when adopting Written Declaration 02/10, both with reference to the creation of a mechanism to assess and monitor the policies of the 27 Member States in combating corruption and with regard to the framing of a comprehensive anti-corruption policy by the EU institutions; stresses the need for a proactive approach to combating corruption and calls on the Commission to place emphasis on measures to counter political corruption, that of the civil service, the courts, the police and customs officers, in addition to private sector corruption; considers it, moreover, a priority to develop effective measures to combat corruption in the neighbourhood policy, in the area of pre-accession funds and in the use of development aid funds;
Amendment 220 #
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 all 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;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to draft a proposal on the creation of a European Public Prosecutor Office with a robust mandate to investigate serious cross- border crimes, including organised crime and corruption, to ensure effective investigation and prosecution.