7 Amendments of Michèle STRIFFLER related to 2010/2309(INI)
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is aware that activities connected with organised crime are worth several billion euros and that the turnover from organised crime is constantly rising;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the methods, structures and impact on society of organised crime are becoming increasingly diverse, and that there is a need, therefore, to adapt to the new forms of organised criminal activity;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for account to be taken of the fact that the new communications technologies facilitate the diversification and expansion of illegal activities linked to organised crime;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is aware that organised crime cannot proliferate without the aid, the complicity, or even the mere indifference of the political world, and; expresses deep concern about the evidently increasing interpenetration of organised crime and politics, involving the creation of a so- called grey area which is seriously jeopardising the credibility and true democratic nature of the institutions; expresses equal concern over the proven ability of organised crime to infiltrate the nerve centres of general government and the economic and financial fabric;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 206 #
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 and in the use of development aid funds; calls on the Commission to inform Parliament about the eligibility conditions for budget support and to promote mainly sectoral support, while introducing effective control of the measures taken and results achieved; welcomes the emphasis placed on good governance in the context of European development cooperation policy;
Amendment 221 #
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, imposing increased transparency on the use of public funds, 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;