2017/2203(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas according to a leaked November 2016 internal Frontex report, some NGOs carrying out research and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean were deemed to be colluding with smugglers based on the fact that migrants were given "clear instructions before departure on the precise direction to be followed in order to reach NGOs' boats ", creating an additional pull factor that helped smugglers consortia, including terrorist networks, reaching all the way from Libya to Central Africa;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas, according to the US Court of Auditors, only 0.2% of the flow of ‘dirty money’ is detected and intercepted, i.e. approximately 25 cents for every USD 100 laundered;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas funding is also coming from activities of organised crime, such as corruption, trafficking in human beings, slavery, child exploitation or trafficking in illicit arms;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas delegating part of the task of combating money laundering to banks would be the equivalent of delegating a sovereign public service, giving the banks excessive powers under ordinary law despite the fact that they have often been implicated in the recycling of ‘dirty money’; whereas it runs counter to the principles of democracy for a state to agree to delegate such an important task, with the potential to disrupt citizens’ everyday lives, without involving the national parliament and the judiciary through the appointment of competent persons selected at random and supervised by the national parliament;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)

Jc. whereas the way that Western banks function under the universal banking model, with high-frequency trading, off-balance-sheet transactions, derivatives and other forms of betting on the future, and the use of clearing houses, makes it easier to mask transactions, giving the appearance of complying with the rules without actually doing so; whereas the behaviour of banks encourages fraud and money-laundering on a grand scale and whereas, therefore, far from standing sentinel against fraudulent practices, banks facilitate organised crime through their modus operandi, their practices and, in some cases, their capital, and are directly associated with the concealment of crime under a cloak of legality;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)

Jd. whereas Western and European banks engaged in proven financial abuses which resulted in the crisis of 2008; whereas governments had to bail them out with taxpayers’ money on three occasions (in 2008, 2009 and 2010); whereas, moreover, the current proposal to give them new and excessive powers under ordinary law – as if expecting bodies which engage in criminal and fraudulent practices to apply the law and exercise supervision over citizens – is a case of putting the foxes in charge of the henhouse;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J e (new)

Je. whereas the powers in question would be delegated by governments or by the European and national parliaments; whereas, therefore, conflicts of interest among the promoters of the relevant legislation, threatening as it does democracy and sovereignty and placing society under the control of the financial system, ought to be investigated;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J f (new)

Jf. whereas certain national and international banks have been, and still are, accessories to organised crime and terrorism inasmuch as they have arranged for the laundering of the proceeds of various forms of trafficking, especially narcotics trafficking (Wachovia Bank laundered USD 378 billion of Mexican drug cartel money between 2004 and 2007, and BCCI was the Medellin cartel’s and General Noriega’s bank), have facilitated illegal transfers of ‘grey money’ (Citibank was accused by the General Accounting Office of ‘disguising the origin and destination’ of USD 100 billion transferred to Switzerland in 2000, and on 21 March 2017 the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and the Guardian and Suddeutsche Zeitung newspapers revealed that several international banks, including Bank of China, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC, had laundered more than USD 20 billion, transferring it via Moldova and Estonia into the European Union), and have refused to perform their tasks of alert and verification properly (HSBC, the largest bank in the UK and sixth largest in the world, was implicated in a case of failure to spot ‘dirty money’ between 2006 and 2009, and is a bank which has its roots in opium trafficking);

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J g (new)

Jg. whereas banks have already acquired a degree of influence in European societies that potentially undermines democracy; whereas banks have disproportionate authority over companies and individuals and, through their oversight of accounts, a pernicious influence on political life, with the ability to sanction those who oppose them by exercising their discretionary and arbitrary power in respect of individuals’ and companies’ access to the banking services which are essential to ordinary life and civic activity in countries such as France today;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Addresses the following recommendations to the Commission (particularly the European Commissioner for the Security Union, Julian King), the Council and/or the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy:

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

– having regard to the nieleventh Security Union Progress Report, published by the Commission on ~~27 July~~18 October 2017;,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the excha~~recognises that the sharinge of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions and that this is already common place amongst both European and non-European agencies; views the establishment of a European counter- terrorism intelligence platform therefore as unnecessary and potentially disruptive to the already successful flow of intelligence;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes tofor identifying the source of financing and the dispersal of funds, among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for ~~committing, organising or supporting~~the financing, planning, preparation or perpetration of terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that it is vital to draw up a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their within the framework of an independent professional body under parliamentary control, the members of which would be selected at random and which would have free access to intelligence agencies’ data, as part of a European platform for intergovernmental-cooperation in the field of counter-terrorism with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of ~~basic~~relevant information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism~~; calls on Europe’s~~ and therefore urges the Member States intelligence and law enforcement authorities to step up their cooperation with the relevant Europol units to counter money laundering and terrorist financing; calls on Member States' intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of ~~basic~~ information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe~~, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism~~; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; that mandates that high value data collected by any national security agency is transmitted within 24 hours of recording to said central system which is permitted to cover non-EU nationals, that emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the timely exchange of ~~basic~~key information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination and effectiveness by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of ~~basic~~key information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point а

(а) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as high-risk third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism; calls on the Commission to draw up such a directory as quickly as possible, on the basis of its own criteria and analysis in accordance with Directive 2015/849; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform ~~with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information~~, within the framework of existing structures (e.g. EUROPOL) so as to avoid the creation of yet another agency, with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information on the financial support for terrorist networks, such as Da'esh/Al-Qaeda; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions; calls for the database to be made accessible to the secret services of all countries, which will notify it of any new information;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions, while fully respecting the Union data protection acquis, in particular the principle of purpose limitation ; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) “Addendum to the Algiers Memorandum on Good Practices on Preventing and Denying the Benefits of Kidnapping for Ransom by Terrorists” of September 2015,

Amendment 120 #

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategyies based on the ~~exchange of basic~~sharing of best practice and exchange of suspicious financial information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination further by setting up a European financial counter-terrorism ~~intelligence~~ platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of ~~basic~~suspicious transactions and financial information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism and more generally in thwarting terrorist attacks; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the proactive and automatic exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) takes the view that a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies is vital in combating the financing of terrorism; calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by s~~ett~~tepping up ~~a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform~~the ECTC with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information~~; that platform will create a joint database for~~ and data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions taking particular account of possible impacts on fundamental rights and in particular the right to the protection of personal data; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for directly or indirectly committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) calls on the Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agencies;~~deleted

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) calls on the Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agencies;~~deleted

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) calls on the Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agencies;~~deleted

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) calls on the ~~Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agenci~~Member States strictly to separate state anti-money-laundering agencies from banking institutions, and calls for the banking authorities to be supervised by a body independent of both the state and the banks, made up of representatives of the authorities, MPs and prosecutors and judges who have demonstrated a knowledge of the financial system and a combative attitude towards the control it is assuming in society, with its power of social ‘life and death’ over the consumers of banking services; underscores the need to introduce procedures for safeguarding the rights of consumers of banking services vis-à-vis all forms of discrimination, including political discrimination, notably by requiring that detailed reasons be stated for decisions to close accounts or restrict access to banking services, and by providing for rapid, impartial and effective means of challenging such decisions because, otherwise, opposition politicians will be subject to blackmail by either states or banks; regards collusion between the political system and the banking system as an attack on democracy and a form of ongoing coup d’état against society and its representatives;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) calls on the Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agencies; welcomes the financial resources earmarked for the exchange of best practices in the investigation and analysis of the methods used by terrorists and terrorist organisations to collect and transfer funds for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) calls on the Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agencies; and recommends the issue of quarterly public threat assessments that combine the intelligence and information gathered by Europol and INTCEN;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) calls on the Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agencies; calls on Member States to ensure sufficient funding and human forces in intelligence agencies;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

– having regard to United Nations Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1989 (2011), 2133 (2014), 2199 (2015), 2253 (2015) and 2~~253~~368 (20157),

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) calls on the Commission and European countries to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among Europe’s intelligence agencies;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) calls on the Commission to provide funding for programmes fostering the sharing of best practice among ~~Europe’s~~Member States' intelligence agencies;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) maintains~~, as reiterated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF),~~ that it is extremely important that voluntary information- sharing should be improved, and sped up, among financial intelligence units, and law enforcement and intelligence agencies within jurisdictions, among different jurisdictions, as well as in the private sector, especially the banking sectorbe subject to respect for jurisdictional sovereignty and to supervision by MPs selected at random, in order to prevent the procedures being misused for geopolitical ends;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) maintains, as reiterated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), that it is extremely important that information- sharing should be improved, and speeded up, among financial intelligence units, ~~and~~between financial intelligence units and the security forces, between law enforcement and intelligence agencies within jurisdictions, among different jurisdictions, as well as in the private sector, especially the banking sector;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) maintains, as reiterated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which has developed a strategy on combatting terrorist financing, that it is extremely important that information- sharing should be improved, and sped up, among financial intelligence units, and law enforcement and intelligence agencies within jurisdictions, among different jurisdictions, as well as in the private sector, especially the banking sector;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) ~~mainta~~underlines, as reiterated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), th~~at it is extremely important that~~e importance of improved and more rapid information- sharing ~~should be improved, and sped up,~~ , among financial intelligence units, and law enforcement and intelligence agencies within jurisdictions, among different jurisdictions, as well as in the private sector, especially the banking sector;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) welcomes GCC engagement with the FATF; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to actively encourage the EU's partners, particularly the GCC and its member states, to fully implement the FATF recommendations in addressing deficiencies in the areas of anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism and offer technical assistance in achieving progress in these areas;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) calls on the High Representative to support the efforts of FATF and to prioritise countering terrorist financing, in particular identifying and working with Member States of the UN with strategic anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing deficiencies;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) calls on the Member States to make better use of the informal network of European Financial Information Units (FIU.net), on the basis of the work done by Europol for the purpose of sharing the information concerned with the European counter-terrorism intelligence platform;deleted

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) calls on the Member States to make better use of the informal network of European Financial Information Units (FIU.net), on the basis of the work done by Europol for the purpose of sharing ~~the~~relevant information ~~concerned with the European counter-terrorism intelligence platform~~;

Amendment 14 #

– having regard to the G7 Taormina Statement of 26 May 2017 on the fight against terrorism and violent extremism,

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) calls on the Member States to make better use of the informal network of European Financial Information Units (FIU.net)~~, on the basis of the work done by Europol for the purpose of sharing the information concerned with the European counter-terrorism intelligence platform~~ by implementing the 4th Anti- Money Laundering Directive and its amendments that are currently being negotiated and by adopting regulatory measures to address other issues stemming from the divergent status and competences of Financial Intelligence Units, in particular to facilitate coordination and exchange of information both among Financial Intelligence Units, and between Financial Intelligence Units and law enforcement authorities;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) calls on the Member States to make better use of the ~~informal~~ network of European Financial Information Units (FIU.net), on the basis of the work done by Europol for the purpose of sharing the information concerned with the European counter- terrorism intelligence platform;

Amendment 142 #

(d) calls on the Member States to make better use of the ~~informal~~ network of European Financial Information Units (FIU.net), on the basis of the work done by Europol for the purpose of sharing the information concerned with the European counter- terrorism intelligence platform;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) calls on the EU to take account of the UK's impending departure from the European Union and to seek ways in conjunction with the Government of the UK to ensure that the UK can continue to benefit from the provisions of the EU-US FTFP Agreement and any future structures created by the EU in this area;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) recalls that a strengthened political dialogue, an increased financial assistance and a support for counter- terrorism capacity building of EU's partners that are at the front line in the fight against terrorism are of outmost importance;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)

(db) calls for the reinforcement of the cooperation between Europol and EU's key strategic partners that play a key role in the fight against terrorism worldwide; believes that a closer cooperation would allow to better prevent, detect and respond to terrorism financial hubs;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) calls on the Member States to step up the monitoring of suspicious financial activities, taking also into consideration the diversity of financial means used for terrorist activities, from cash and cultural artefacts to virtual currencies and anonymous pre-paid cards, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to access suspicious transactions, taking account of the proportionality principle and the right to privacy; calls on the Member States to provide more training for and increase the specialisation of investigators in order to achieve that;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) calls on the Member States to step up the monitoring of suspicious financial activities, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to access suspicious transactions, taking account of the proportionality principle and the right to privacy; calls on the Member States to provide more training for and increase the specialisation of investigators in order to achieve that; call on the Commission to support and adequately fund the development of training programmes for law enforcement and judicial authorities in Member States;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) calls on the Member States to step up the monitoring of suspicious financial activities, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to access suspicious transactions, taking account of the proportionality principle and the right to privacy; calls on the Member States to provide more training for and increase the specialisation of investigators in order to achieve that, and strictly to impose the obligation of professional confidentiality on public officials vis-à-vis banking institutions;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) calls on the Member States to step up the monitoring of suspicious financial activities, illicit trade, smuggling, counterfeiting and fraudulent practices, via the formulation of joint investigation teams with Europol, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to access suspicious transactions, taking account of the proportionality principle and the right to privacy; calls on the Member States to provide more training for and increase the specialisation of investigators in order to achieve that;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da'esh (2015/2649(RSP)),

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) calls on the Member States to step up the monitoring of suspicious financial activities and suspicious organizations engaged in these kinds of activities, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to access susp~~icious~~ect transactions, taking account of the proportionality principle and the right to privacy; calls on the Member States to provide more training for and increase the specialisation of investigators in order to achieve that;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) calls on the Member States to step up the monitoring of suspicious financial activities by their nationals, making it easier for law enforcement agencies to access suspicious transactions, taking account of the proportionality principle and the right to privacy; calls on the Member States to provide more training for and increase the specialisation of investigators in order to achieve that;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) welcomes the Commission's proposal amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing; expects the ongoing interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal to result in an ambitious text; believes that a comprehensive approach should be used in this field; takes the view that transparency of beneficial ownership is a crucial tool to fight of both money laundering and terrorist financing effectively;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) welcomes the entry into force of the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive which strengthens the existing rules by ensuring a high level of safeguards for financial flows from high- risk third countries, enhancing the access of Financial Intelligence Units to information, including centralised bank account registers, and tackling terrorist financing risks linked to virtual currencies and pre-paid cards and calls for its speedy transposition and implementation by the Member States;

Amendment 154 #

(ea) calls on Member States and the Commission to provide an annual report on progresses made and measures taken concerning the fight against the funding of terrorism and, namely, efforts made to hamper ISIS/Da’esh’s financing; reminds that some Member States are more invested than others in the field of targeting terrorism financing and thus the best response should be to increase information-sharing, namely pertaining to the effectiveness of measures already put in place;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) urges the Commission to review its business relations with countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar and to propose and implement measures for the close monitoring of financial flows and tax havens, which play a key role in the financing of terrorist networks;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) calls on governments to withdraw from banks the powers of investigation and sanction that they have assumed, by restoring to the administrative and judicial authorities the monopoly on decision-making in relation to the freezing of assets or suspension of bank transactions;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)

(eb) asks the European Union to conduct an appraisal of all the ways in which its legislation on money laundering and combating terrorist financing has been or can be misused, in particular through the unexplained restriction of banking services or the arbitrary closure of accounts, affecting both companies and individuals and, more specifically, opposition politicians;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) welcomes the Commission’s proposal to facilitate cross-border access for law enforcement agencies to bank account registers, speeding up the process of identifying the assets of terrorists in other Member States so that, once terrorists are identified, the transactions they have made prior to attacks can be investigated, and any contacts they have had with other possible suspects can be identified;deleted

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) welcomes the Commission’s proposal to facilitate cross-border access for law enforcement agencies to bank account registers, speeding up the process of identifying the assets of terrorists in other Member States so that, once terrorists are identified, the transactions they have made prior to attacks can be investigated, and any contacts they have had with other possible suspects can be identifiedpoints out that, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, responsibility for combating terrorism lies chiefly with states;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

– having regard to the newly established Special Committee on Terrorism,

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) welcomes the Commission’s proposal ~~to facilitate cross-border access for law enforcement agencies to bank account registers, spe~~for the establishment of bank account registers and for facilitating access to them by financial intelligence units and other competent authorities engaged in~~g up the process of identifying the assets of terrorists in other Member States so that, once terrorists are identifi~~ combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism; notes that the Commission is shortly to propose an initiative to give law-enforcement agencies wider access to the registers; underscores the need, twhe ~~transactions they have made prior to attacks can be investigated, and any contacts they have had with other possible suspects can be identified~~n exchanging bank account information, to observe the rules on police cooperation and judicial cooperation, particularly in the context of criminal proceedings; calls, in that regard, on the Member States which have not yet transposed Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014, regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters, to do so as soon as possible;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point i (new)

(i) suggests that part of the funding and assets seized from terrorist networks and individuals is made available for the funding of peace education, prevention and counter-radicalisation programmes, which have a proven successful track record, to ensure a holistic counter- terrorism approach which includes strategic communications and shifts part of the financial burden to the perpetrators;

Amendment 162 #

Javier NART, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) calls on the Member States to take the legislative measures necessary to guarantee that banks monitor debit cards closely so as to ensure that they can only be reloaded via bank transfers from accounts held by the cardholder;deleted

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) calls on the Member States to take the legislative measures necessary to guarantee that banks monitor pre-paid debit cards closely so as to ensure that they can only be reloaded via bank transfers from accounts held by the cardholder; calls furthermore on the Member States to make the necessary provisions to fully facilitate the opening of a bank account to all those present in their territory;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) calls on the Member States to take the legislative measures necessary to guarantee that banks monitor ~~debit cards closely so as to ensure that they can only be reloaded via bank transfers from accounts held by the cardholder~~credit card transactions;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) calls on the Member States to take the legislative measures necessary to guarantee that banks monitor debit cards, based on clear and concrete evidence that such debit cards are linked to terrorist activities, closely so as to ensure that they can only be reloaded via bank transfers from accounts held by the cardholder;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) calls on the Member States to take the legislative measures necessary to guarantee that banks monitor closely debit cards ~~closely~~issued to people linked to terrorism or to Islamic extremist circles so as to ensure that they can only be reloaded via bank transfers from accounts held by the cardholder;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) calls on the Member States to take the legislative measures necessary to guarantee that banks monitor debit cards closely so as to ensure ~~that they can only be reloaded via bank transfers from accounts held by the cardholder~~an attribution chain enabling the intelligence services to determine when a transaction has a serious risk of being used for terrorist or other serious crime;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) calls for the development of systems that automatically monitor transfer operations which are suspect because they involve higher than average amounts or because of their frequency or the particular identity and geographical location of senders and recipients, so as to safeguard the official money transfer system against the real risk of involvement in illicit activities and in particular in financing terrorist activities; calls for new rules on bank transfers to be drawn up, without, however, losing sight of the balance between free movement of capital and identification of suspicious transfers of money;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) urges the Commission to put an end to any type of tax haven that facilitates money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion, all of which play a key role in the financing of terrorist networks;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

– having regard to Article 16 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); having regard to Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on personal data protection,

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) asks Member States to consider the extent of the banking sector’s influence in European societies and its impact on public freedoms;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)

(gb) calls for compliance with international provisions regarding the imposition of arms embargoes on countries in conflict;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra-European system;deleted

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra-European system;deleted

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) ~~notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and~~suggests that the use~~fulness~~ of the ~~information obtain~~data collected and transmitted, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra-European systemcombating money laundering be evaluated, so as to prevent its being used in partisan ways, and that the obligation on state anti-money-laundering authorities to maintain professional confidentiality vis-à-vis banks be strengthened;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra-European system;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra-European system; notes that the necessary steps must be taken to ensure that the above procedure is not used by the Member States as a means of targeting political opponents within, either individually or collectively;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments including officially recognised and non-officially recognised currencies, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra-European system;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and other partners and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra- European system;

Amendment 179 #

Javier NART, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current ~~shortcoming~~gaps, particularly as regards SEPA payments, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EU data protection legislation would apply to this intra-European system;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 27 October 2016 on the situation in Northern Iraq/Mosul (2016/2956(RSP)),

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) notes the successful cooperation with the USA, and the usefulness of the information obtained, in the context of the EU-US agreement to share information from the US Terrorism Financing Tracking Program (TFTP); calls ~~on the Commission to propose~~for the establishment of a specifically European system in this area, to complement the current framework and address current shortcomings, particularly as regards SEPA payments, ensuring that a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that EUuropean data protection ~~legislation~~standards would apply to this intra- European system;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

~~(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions~~deleted;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

~~(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions;~~deleted

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

~~(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions;~~deleted

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) ~~calls on the High Representative and on the~~suggests Member States tocould draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities ~~operating under opaque regimes and with~~where there is evidence that the relevant authorities have failed to act on high rates of suspicious financial transactions;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) calls on the ~~High Representative and on the~~ Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions, the task to be entrusted, however, to an independent judicial authority in order to avoid the sanction be used arbitrarily, and particularly in any political way, as happens too often with the application of double standards in the cases, for example, of people from certain countries, whereas those from other countries engaging in similar abuses are ignored or indeed applauded;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions; calls on the High Representative and the Member States to take into account a state's involvement in the financing of terrorism in their relations with this state;

Amendment 188 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States, in cooperation with Eurojust and Europol, to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions, especially if they are affiliated with extreme Salafism;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas one of the key elements of the fight against terrorism is to cut off its ideology and sources of financing;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States, in cooperation with the EU Counterterrorism coordinator, to draw up a list of individuals and entities operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) calls on the High Representative and on the Member States to draw up a list of individuals and entities including forces engaged in proxy wars in Iraq and Syria operating under opaque regimes and with high rates of suspicious financial transactions;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) ~~calls on the Council of the European Union to step up the application of selective sanctions and other restrictive measures against those individuals and entities;~~ welcomes the establishment of the UNSC committee responsible for supervising the application of sanctions, and calls on all the Member States to act swiftly in blocking funds and financial assets;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) calls on the Council of the European Union to step up the application of selective sanctions and other restrictive measures against those individuals and entities and calls on the freeze of the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of these individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, including funds derived from property owned or controlled directly or indirectly, by them or by persons acting on their behalf or at their direction, and on the ensure that neither these nor any other funds, financial assets or economic resources are made available, directly or indirectly for such persons’ benefit, by their nationals or by persons within their territory; welcomes the establishment of the UNSC committee responsible for supervising the application of sanctions, and calls on all the Member States to act swiftly in blocking funds and financial assets;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) calls on the Council of the European Union – under the control of an independent judicial authority in the spirit outlined above – to step up the application of selective sanctions and other restrictive measures against those individuals and entities and to bring back the crime of high treason for cases where financial powers, in collusion with organised crime, assume control of the state and society; welcomes the establishment of the UNSC committee responsible for supervising the application of sanctions, and calls on all the Member States to act swiftly in ~~blocking funds and financial assets;~~ the interests of judicial independence;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) calls on the Council of the European Union to step up the application of selective sanctions and other restrictive measures, such as asset freezes, against ~~those~~all individuals and entities that in any way, make available economic resources to ISIS/Da´esh and other jihadist groups; welcomes the establishment of the UNSC committee responsible for supervising the application of sanctions, ~~and calls on all the Member States to act swiftly in blocking funds and financial asset~~notes that all Member States are obliged by UNSCR 2253(2015) to act swiftly in blocking funds and financial assets to ISIS/Da´esh, Al- Qaeda and associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) calls on the Council of the European Union to ~~step up~~introduce measures to block foreign funding for institutions promoting Islamist doctrines, including the application of selective sanctions and other restrictive measures against those individuals and entities; welcomes the establishment of the UNSC committee responsible for supervising the application of sanctions, and calls on all the Member States to act swiftly in blocking funds and financial assets;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)

(ja) calls on the High Representative to support the call of the UN Security Council on Member Sates of the UN to move vigorously and decisively to cut the flow of funds and other financial assets and economic resources to individuals and entities on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al- Qaida Sanctions List;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure that ~~mosques, cultural associations and similar entities provide details of how the~~ funds ~~they~~ receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposesd by religious or cultural associations, charities and similar entities are not misused for terrorist recruitment, extremist propaganda and hate speech;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure that mosques, cultural associations and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; callrecognises the pervasive influence of money originating in Saudi Arabia with the aim of spreading Wahhabist ideology in European mosques and cultural centres as the main area of concern; Reiterates that action taken against any religious for ~~the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciousl~~cultural entity should be intelligence driven and action should not lead to blanket observation or the necessity for ~~negligently for terrorist purposes~~excessive reporting from specific sections of society;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas one of the key elements of the fight against terrorism is to cut off its sources of financing including through the hidden circuits of fraud and tax evasion, money laundering and tax havens;

Amendment 200 #

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure that mosques, cultural associations and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes; urges that all such measures be carried out as part of specific programmes designed to combat Islamophobia, in order to avoid an increase of hate crimes, attacks on Muslims or any racist and xenophobic attacks motivated by religion or ethnicity;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to ~~establish a monitoring system to ensure th~~adopt: serious and concrete measures to prevent and control activities at mosques, cultural associations ~~and~~or similar entities ~~provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be~~for fund-raising purposes, including those stated to be for religious or social welfare purposes, in order to confirm that they are genuinely being used for these purposes and to exclude their use for terrorist financing, and recorded them in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees in relation to all transactions made by those sending funds; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure ~~that mosque~~for cases with clear and concrete evidence that there are links to terrorist activities, that religious institutions, cultural associations and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate fundamental rights' guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where suspicious charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring systems within their respective jurisdictions to ensure that mosques, cultural associations and similar entities declare all sources of foreign funding and provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure that mosques, cultural associations and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes, all such measures to be subject to the fullest respect for religious observance;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure that ~~mosques,~~religious, social and cultural associations and similar entities, when suspected of having ties to terrorist groups, provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure that mosques, religious or cultural associations and similar entities provide details of whom they receive funds, of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring and clearing system to ensure that mosques, cultural associations, charities and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system and clearing house to ensure that mosques, cultural associations and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring and clearing system to ensure that mosques, cultural associations and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination where charities are concerned, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas according to several reports, jihadi terrorist organisations, in particular ISIL/Da'esh and al-Qaeda, earn their revenues primarily from illicit proceeds from occupation of territory, such as bank looting, extortion, control of oilfields and refineries, robbery of economic assets, illicit taxation of goods and cash that transit territory where ISIL/ Da'esh operates; kidnapping for ransom, donations including by or through non- profit organisations; material support, such as support associated with Foreign Terrorist Fighters, and fundraising through modern communication networks;

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a monitoring system to ensure that mosques, cultural associations and similar entities provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring of the source of money and its destination ~~where charities are concerned~~, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) calls on the EU Member States to establish a ~~monitoring system to ensure that~~system for supervision of the financing, especially from abroad, of mosques, Islamic cultural associations and similar entities ~~provide details of how the funds they receive are distributed, both within and outside the EU, and~~, as well as the distribution of their funds; calls for all the transactions made by those sending funds to be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls for the introduction of mandatory ex ante monitoring, by charities themselves, of the source of money and its destination ~~where charities are concerned~~, so as to prevent money being distributed maliciously or negligently for terrorist purposes;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part

(l) calls on the Member States to regulate hawala, making it mandatory to declare to the authorities every transaction made using the hawala system, and emphasising that the aim is not to crack down on traditional informal money transfers, but on trafficking involving organised crime, terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money; in this respect, calls for:rejects any arbitrary controls over hawala as disruptive to fringe communities who rely on this system of monetary transfer; recognises that such wholesale targeting could be counter intuitive and lead to further radicalisation in such groups;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part

(l) calls on the Member States to regulate hawala, and other similar service providers or informal value transfer systems, namely through the ongoing procedure for the adoption of a Regulation on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union (2016/0413(COD)) making it mandatory to declare to the authorities every transaction made using the hawala system, and emphasising that the aim is not to crack down on traditional informal money transfers, but on carrying checks about possible trafficking involving organised crime, financing of terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money; in this respect, calls for:

Amendment 214 #

Javier NART, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part

(l) calls on the Member States to ~~regulate hawala~~provide greater oversight of the hawala system of transferring money, and to regulate the activities of hawaladars (those who carry out the transactions), making it mandatory to declare to the authorities every transaction made using the hawala system, and emphasising that the aim is not to crack down on traditional informal money transfers, but on trafficking involving organised crime, terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money; in this respect, calls for:

Amendment 215 #

Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part

(l) calls on the Member States to regulate hawala, making it mandatory ~~to declare to the authorities every transaction made using the hawala system, and emphasising~~for agents carrying out hawala transactions to declare to every transaction made using the hawala system to the relevant authorities, while communicating with groups affected by these measures that the aim is not to crack down on traditional informal money transfers, but on trafficking involving organised crime, terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money; in this respect, calls for:

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part

(l) calls on the Member States to regulate ~~hawala~~traditional ways of money transferring (such as the hawala or the Chinese fei ch’ien amongst others), making it mandatory to declare to the authorities every transaction made using the ~~hawala~~se systems, and emphasising that the aim is not to crack down on traditional informal money transfers, but on trafficking involving organised crime, terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money; in this respect, calls for:

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part

(l) calls on the Member States to regulate hawala, making it mandatory to declare to the authorities every transaction made using the hawala system, and emphasising that the aim is not to crack down on traditional informal money transfers, but onbetter regulate traditional informal banking systems such as hawala with the aim of preventing trafficking involving organised crime, terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money; in this respect, calls for:

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part

(l) calls on the Member States to regulate informal value transfer systems such as hawala, making it mandatory to declare to the authorities every transaction made using ~~the hawala~~such systems, and emphasising that the aim is not to crack down on traditional informal money transfers, but on trafficking involving organised crime, terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money; in this respect, calls for:

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part

(l) calls on the Member States to regulate hawala, making it mandatory to declare to the authorities every transaction made using the hawala system, and emphasising that the aim is not to ~~crack down on~~restrict traditional informal money transfers~~, but on~~ for legitimate purposes, but to prevent trafficking involving organised crime, terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money; in this respect, calls for:

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the external and internal dimensions of the fight against terrorism are inter-linked; whereas cutting off the sources of financing of terrorism should be part of an EU broader strategy integrating both external and internal security dimensions;

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point i

(i) all intermediaries and/or individuals involved in said activity (controllers or brokers, middlemen and fixers, coordinators, collectors and transmitters) to be required to register with the relevant national authority;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point i

(i) all intermediaries and/or individuals, known as hawaladars, involved in said activity (controllers or brokers, coordinators, collectors and transmitters) to be required to register with the relevant national authority;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point i

(i) all intermediaries and/or individuals involved in said activity (controllers or brokers, middlemen, fixers, coordinators, collectors and transmitters) to be required to register with the relevant national authority;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point ii

(ii) all transactions to be declared and documented in a way that facilitates transfer of information when requested;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point ii

(ii) all transactions to be drec~~lar~~orded;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point iii

(iii) dissuasive penalties to be established and imposed on intermediaries ~~and/or others involved in undeclared~~that do not accurately record all forms of traditional banking transactions;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)

(la) calls at the same time for the regulation of all practices in Western systems that make for opacity around financial transfers; points out, however, that the end result when a society is bent on general surveillance for the greater good is totalitarianism, and that, given the meagre results obtained in terms of recycling the proceeds of crime, and the link between that ‘dirty money’ and terrorism, in whatever form, national parliaments and the European Parliament could usefully reflect on our liberal system of entirely open borders, with free movement of services and capital, which – besides failing to deliver the promised level of prosperity, as measured against the prosperity and full employment of the 1970s when financial transfers and other activities were subject to regulation – is resulting in citizens being subject to totalitarian social control, so as to counter the system’s unintended effects, with, moreover, the power of social surveillance now being vested in banks, some of them failed and guilty of crimes, all with the support of institutions that continue to call themselves democratic.

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) the Commission to propose the legislation required to prevent e-money issuing companies and intermediaries from allowing funds to be converted for users who are ~~not fully identified, as can be the case with users of public networks or anonymous browsers;~~ linked to terrorist groups and individuals, while not hampering access to such banking services for the general public in order to continue providing th~~is respect, exchanging encrypted money for actual money and vice versa must, as a compulsory requirement, be done using an identifiable bank account~~e means for the transfer of remittances which contribute to poverty reduction and regional stability;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) ~~the Commission~~calls on the Member States to propose the legislation required to prevent e-money issuing companies and intermediaries from allowing funds to be converted for users who are not fully identified, as can be the case with users of public networks or anonymous browsers; in this respect, exchanging encrypted money for actual money and vice versa must, as a compulsory requirement, be done using an identifiable bank account; also calls on the Member States to introduce legislation preventing banks from issuing electronic currency, so as to ensure that banks which are entrusted with companies’ and individuals’ deposits do not take risks in what is a highly volatile market; asks the Member States to consider making the issuing of money a competence exclusively of the state, any money from other issuers being deemed to be counterfeit, thereby depriving banks of the power to create money, a power which, according to Nobel-prize-winning economist Maurice Allais, accounts for 95% of the current money supply;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) calls on the Commission to propose the legislation required to ~~prevent~~compel e-money issuing companies and their intermediaries ~~from~~to take measures to prevent the uncontrolled circulation of such money, under cover of complete anonymity, allowing funds to be converted for users who are not fully identified, as can be the case with users of public networks or anonymous browsers; in this respect, exchanging encrypted money for actual money and vice versa must, as a compulsory requirement, be done using an identifiable bank account;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas some financing may come from within European countries for the use elsewhere by terrorist organisations, other funding comes from outside Europe, in order to finance radicalisation and actual terrorist acts;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) the Commission to propose the legislation required to ~~prevent~~better monitor all electronic financial transactions and e- money issuing companies ~~and~~, including intermediaries ~~from allowing~~, in order to prevent funds to be converted for users who are not fully identified, as can be the case with users of public networks or anonymous browsers; in this respect, exchanging encrypted money for actual money and vice versa must, as a compulsory requirement, be done using an identifiable bank account;

Amendment 231 #

Javier NART, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)

(ma) calls on the Commission to carry out an assessment on the implications for terrorism financing involving e-gaming activities, virtual currencies, crypto currencies, block chain and FinTech technologies; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to consider possible measures, including legislation, to create a regulatory framework for these activities in order to limit the tools for terrorism financing;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)

(ma) calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their monitoring regarding regulating and controlling gold, precious stones and precious metals trafficking, so that these goods are not used as ways of financing terrorist activities; calls for the establishment of common European Criteria;

Amendment 233 #

Javier NART, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m b (new)

(mb) calls on the Commission and the Member States to prohibit and sanction all commercial traffic (both exports and imports) with terrorists and organisations controlled by jihadists, with the exception of those humanitarian aid goods necessary for the subdued population; calls for the prosecution and sanctioning for imprudence or malice of all those (either physical or juridical persons) that participate in said traffics, in either one of its modalities (buying, selling, distribution, intermediation, amongst others);

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m b (new)

(mb) notes the specific risks of terrorism financing through money or value transfer services (MVTS); calls on Member States to devise an enhanced partnership and cooperation between MTVS agents and European law enforcement agencies and to issue guidelines to identify and address any specific barriers that prevent information sharing on suspicious money transfers;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by jihadists; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States tosuggests Member States could make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by jihadists; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 237 #

Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to step up its cooperation with international organisations such as the United Nations, Unesco, Interpol, the World Customs Organisation and the International Council of Museums in order to strengthen efforts to combat the trafficking of cultural goods as a means of financing terrorism; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by jihadists; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by ~~jihadist~~any illegal armed non-state actors and other terrorists and groups that currently feature on the EU’s list of proscribed organisations; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing ~~penalties – including criminal~~effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods and highlights its importance in tackling the illegal import of these goods to finance terrorism; ; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by jihadists; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas money laundering, through credit institutions acting in collusion or investment in tax havens, helps to fund international terrorist organisations;

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by ~~jihadists~~any armed non-state actors as well as organisations, groups and individuals included in the EU terror list; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

~~(n)~~ welcomes the proposal for a ~~(n)~~ regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering, and being brought into and/or transiting through, the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by jihadists; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market ~~and originating in territories or places controlled by jihadists~~; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism through negligence on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on the import of cultural goods; calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market and originating in territories or places controlled by jihadists; calls on the Member States to establish police units that are specialised in dealing with the trafficking of cultural goods, and to ensure coordination of those units across the Member States; calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, imposing penalties – including criminal penalties, where necessary – for the financing of terrorism ~~through negligence~~ on the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

(na) calls on the Commission to propose measures to increase the transparency of origin, transport and brokering of commodities, especially petrochemicals, to strengthen traceability and stop the unwitting financing of terrorist organisations by European companies;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

(na) calls for a mechanism to be established that would allow for a proportion of any funds arising from the seizure of terrorist organisation smuggling activities to be directed to NGOs devoted to StratComm efforts against terrorist propaganda;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

(na) calls on the Commission to strengthen support to third countries, especially neighbouring countries, in their efforts to tackle serious crime such as drugs or firearms trafficking as source of terrorist finance;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of reforming the relevant regulations and directives with the aim of ensuring that financial institutions are required to ask for information on the reason why suspicious large-scale transactions are being made, with a view to monitoring the payment of ransoms to terrorist organisations;deleted

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) calls on ~~the Commission to look into the possibility of reforming the relevant regulations and directives with the aim of ensur~~Member States to consider the range of legal safeguards for citizens and elected representatives that ought to be in place against abuses of procedure ing that financial institutions are required to ask for information on the reason why suspicious large-scale transactions are being made, with a view to monitoring the payment of ransoms to terrorist organisationse context of combating money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as ways of guaranteeing the rights of consumers of banking services, notably by requiring that detailed reasons be stated for decisions to close bank accounts or restrict banking services; and proposes that the European Parliament, following an audit of the situation in the various countries, should take an initiative to that end so as to demonstrate that it is concerned about the observance of basic freedoms and is not busy eroding them;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) calls on the Commission to ~~look into the possibility of reforming the relevant regulations and directives with the aim of~~enforce the regulations on financial transfers to ensur~~ing~~e that ~~financial institutions are required to ask for information~~the purpose of funding is part onf the re~~ason why suspicious large-scale transactions are being made, with a view to monitoring the payment of ransoms to terrorist org~~porting requirement, in order to determine the object and intent of large scale tranisactions;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas modern communication networks and crowdfunding, in particular, have proven to be a cheap and efficient way of generating funds to finance terrorist activities or manage the jihadi network; whereas terrorist groups have been able to gather additional funds for their activities, using phishing attacks, identity theft or purchasing stolen credit cards details in online forums;

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of reforming the relevant regulations and directives with the aim of ensuring that financial institutions are required to ask for information on the reason why suspicious large-scale transactions are being made, with a view to monitoring the payment of ransoms to, and any other forms of financing of, terrorist organisations;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of reforming the relevant regulations and directives with the aim of ensuring that financial institutions are required to ask for information on the reason why suspicious small and large- scale transactions are being made, with a view to monitoring the payment of ransoms to terrorist organisations;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

(oa) calls on Member States to take preventive measures targeting economic operators in areas at risk, with the aim of assisting them in their activities, and to introduce penalties for the payment of ransoms to, or any other forms of financing of, terrorist organisations;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

(oa) points out the importance of the inclusion of counter-terrorism objectives in the mandates of EU CSDP missions and operations; calls for this practice to be extended to all EU missions and operations and particularly in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East;

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

(oa) calls on the Commission to use all or part of funds seized in the context of the fight against international terrorism to pay compensation to the families of victims of terrorist attacks;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o b (new)

(ob) welcomes the establishment of counter-terrorism experts network in EU delegations; calls for the reinforcement of this network and for its extension to more regions and particularly the Horn of Africa and South-East Asia;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o b (new)

(ob) calls on Member States to combat tax evasion, which is a causal factor in corruption and money laundering, creating potential risks of terrorist financing;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) calls on the EEAS to appoint a financial intelligence expert to the new CSDP mission in Iraq, so as to support the Iraqi Government in preventing ISIS/Da’esh assets being taken out of the country, and to help the Iraqi authorities in developing programmes designed to combat money laundering;deleted

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) calls on the EEAS to appoint a financial intelligence expert to the new CSDP mission in Iraq, so as to support the Iraqi Government in preventing ISIS/Da’esh assets being taken out of the country, and to help the Iraqi authorities in developing programmes designed to combat money laundering;deleted

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) calls on the EEAS to appoint a financial intelligence expert to the new CSDP mission in Iraq, so as to support the Iraqi Government in preventing ISIS/Da’esh assets being taken out of the country, and to help the Iraqi authorities in developing programmes designed to combat money laundering;deleted

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the largest source of financing of international terrorism is international drugs and arms trafficking;

Amendment 260 #

Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)

(pa) calls on the Commission and Member States, as part of their dialogue with third-country partners about the fight against terrorism, to focus their efforts on police and judicial cooperation and on exchanging data and good practice so as to strengthen synergies in the global drive to combat the financing of terrorism;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) urges the EEAS to take the same approach with its other CSDP missions in countries in which there could be terrorist hubs, especially in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel region, and to establish, in an effective manner, close cooperation with the governments in the areas concerned;deleted

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) urges the EEAS to take the same approach with its other CSDP missions in countries in which there could be terrorist hubs, especially in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel region, and to establish, in an effective manner, close cooperation with the governments in the areas concerned;deleted

Amendment 263 #

Javier NART, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) urges the EEAS to take the same approach with its other CSDP missions in countries in which there could be terrorist hubs, especially in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel region, and to establish, in an effective manner, close cooperation with the governments in the areas concerned;deleted

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) urges the EEAS to take the same approach with its other CSDP missions in countries in which there could be terrorist hubs, especially in the Horn of Africa, Libya and the Sahel region, and to establish, in an effective manner, close cooperation with the governments in the areas concerned;

Amendment 265 #

Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)

(qa) calls on the Commission and Member States to do more to encourage third-country partners to sign and ratify the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, which sets out a number of principles and standards with a view to eradicating the financing of terrorism, and to implement the convention effectively;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)

(qa) stresses that addressing and alleviating socio-economic grievances in the region, fostering viable states and ensuring respect for human rights, particularly in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen, are essential in order to reduce breeding grounds for ISIS/Da’esh and other jihadist groups, including regarding their capacities of financial autonomy;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

~~(r) urges the High Representative and the EEAS to enhance cooperation with the countries in which the proceeds of drugs trafficking are held, so that they can be seiz~~deleted;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

~~(r) urges the High Representative and the EEAS to enhance cooperation with the countries in which the proceeds of drugs trafficking are held, so that they can be seiz~~deleted;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) urges the High Representative and the EEAS to enhance cooperation with the countries in which the proceeds of drugs trafficking are held, and with the countries of origin of illicit white cigarettes (smuggled to countries where they have limited or no legal distribution), so that they can be seized;

Amendment 27 #

Javier NART, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas jihadi terrorist organisations are generating income from engaging directly or indirectly in the looting and smuggling of cultural heritage items from archaeological sites, museums, libraries, archives, and other sites which is being used to support their recruitment efforts and strengthen their operational capability to organise and carry out terrorist attacks; whereas the value of these transactions is hard to estimate as they are primarily cash transactions;

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) urges the High Representative and the EEAS to enhance cooperation with the countries in which the proceeds of drugs trafficking, human trafficking or traffic in commercial goods (such as tobacco and others) are held, so that they can be seized;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(ra) urges the High Representative and the EEAS to lead initiatives in the international fora to enhance corporate ownership transparency, namely through the creation of a public registers of legal entities, including companies, trusts and foundations, and of a central register of bank accounts, financial instruments, real estate property, life insurance contracts and other relevant assets which might be abused to launder money and finance terrorism;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(ra) calls on the Commission to prohibit the allocation of funding to any organisation that might potentially use EU funds to finance terrorist activities; calls on the Commission, in cases of serious doubt about the use or destination of funding, to react immediately by suspending it;

Amendment 273 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(ra) calls on the Council and the Commission to establish and implement an annual benchmark reporting mechanism to the Parliament on measures taken by the Member States and the Commission against the funding of terrorism;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(ra) urges the High Representative and the EEAS to support our foreign partners in their domestic efforts to curb the financial flows from private individuals to organisations deemed to be providing aid and resources to terrorists;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)

(rb) urges Member States to adopt the VAT Reform proposals by the European Commission swiftly, to prevent criminal organisations from exploring the gaps in the European VAT system to finance terrorism and other criminal activities;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)

(rb) welcomes the Commission proposal on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r c (new)

(rc) emphasises the need for Member States and the Commission to ensure that the applicable data protection rules and the fundamental rights of individuals are respected;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on Europe’s intelligence agencies to improve coordination by setting up a European counter-terrorism intelligence platform with an in-depth focus on the exchange of basic information; that platform will create a joint database for data on physical and legal persons and suspicious transactions; emphasises that the information concerned must include, inter alia, a directory of banks, financial institutions and commercial entities both within and outside Europe, as well as third countries which have shortcomings when it comes to combating the financing of terrorism; reiterates that those responsible for committing, organising or supporting terrorist acts must be held to account for their actions;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reaffirms the view that confronting and defeating ISIS/Da'esh and other jihadist groups, whether financially, militarily or ideologically, must remain at the top of the security and defence agenda in the MENA region and calls on the EEAS to use its diplomatic engagement with the regional states to emphasise this common interest for both the EU and regional actors;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas one of the main transit areas for drugs from Colombia is the coast of the Horn of Africa, with links to and through Libya and therefore in areas where there is a strong jihadi presence;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider the cutting funding sources of terrorist networks a key priority as it constitutes an effective tool hampering the effectiveness of those networks;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council, the Commission, - and in particular the Commissioner for the Security Union, Julian King - the European External Action Service and the Member States.

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas — as reported in November 2013 by the Italian Foreign Minister, Emma Bonino — trafficking in human beings finances criminal organisations with links to Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and makes it possible to infiltrate jihadi fighters into Europe;

Amendment 3 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas that financing can be used in ~~two~~3 ways: for terrorist attacks requiring large-scale funding~~, or~~; for other attacks which, although their effects are equally brutal, require smaller amounts of money; and for financing propaganda that can inspire “lone wolf” attacks; whereas the response must be effective in addressing ~~both~~all these situations;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas that financing can be used in two ways: for terrorist attacks requiring large-scale funding, or for other attacks which, although their effects are equally brutal, require smaller amounts of money; whereas the response must be effective in addressing ~~both situation~~all situations, including those that can be defined as lone wolf attacks, in which the terror act requires very little pre-planning or money, such as the use of kitchen knives and vehicles;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas most of the military material they use is manufactured in the west: European weapons sold to Saudi Arabia, or American arms distributed initially to the Free Syrian Army, which subsequently end up in the hands of the Islamic State;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas legally sourced financing can be diverted by the recipient to third parties, individuals, groups, companies or entities with links to terrorist activity;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas legally sourced financing can be diverted by the recipient to third parties, individuals, states or entities with links to terrorist activity;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas it is essential to support democratic forces in the Arab world;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, given that terrorism is a global crime, the effective response to it must also be a global one, with coordination and the exchange of basic information on physical and legal persons, and suspicious activity, being absolutely vital; whereas personal data protection and respect for private life are important fundamental rights;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas given that terrorism is a global crime, the effective response to it must also be a global one, with c~~oordination and the~~lose international coordination between financial institutions, law enforcement agencies and judicial bodies, and exchange of basic information on physical and legal persons, and suspicious activity, being absolutely vital;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas given that terrorism is a global crime, the effective response to it must also be a global and holistic one, with coordination and the exchange of basic information on physical and legal persons, and suspicious activity, being absolutely vital;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas given that terrorism is a global crime, the effective response to it must also be a global one, with coordination and the exchange of ~~basic~~relevant information on physical and legal persons, and suspicious activity, being absolutely vital;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas given that terrorism is a global crime, the effective response to it must also be ~~a global one~~international, on the basis of cooperation between nations, with coordination and the exchange of basic information on physical and legal persons, and suspicious activity, being absolutely vital;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas as a result of data leaks in recent years the awareness about the links between money laundering and tax evasion with organised crime and financing of terrorism has increased considerably, and these issues have become a major focus of international political concern; whereas as acknowledged by the European Commission, recent media reports have also linked large-scale VAT and excise fraud with organised crime including terrorism1a; _________________ 1a http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP- 17- 3441_en.htm;https://www.euractiv.com/se ction/economy-jobs/news/eu-targets- terror-financing-with-vat-fraud- crackdown/

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas almost all Member States’ jurisdictions have criminalised terrorist financing as a distinct offence;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a need for a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information, a~~mong intelligence agencies involved in combating the financing of terrorism~~nd whereas history shows that intelligence agencies themselves have often been involved in illegal operations in relation to combating the financing of terrorism – see, for example: Bundesnachrichtendienst (German Federal Intelligence Service) report of 22 February 2005 on Kosovo published in 2008 by WikiLeaks (https://file.wikileaks.org/file/bnd-kosovo- feb-2005.pdf); and, on the funding and arming of the al-Nusra Front by the CIA, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/worl d/middleeast/cia-arms-for-syrian-rebels- supplied-black-market-officials-say.html – and whereas cooperation between such agencies must therefore be supervised by states’ representatives through interparliamentary cooperation among MPs selected randomly, so as to avoid any repetition of such abuses which threaten the rule of law and democracy in general;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a need for a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies involved in combating the financing of terrorism; and adequate enforcement of legislation to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing; whereas tackling the financing of terrorism globally must entail global standards of transparency of ultimate beneficial owners of corporate entities, trusts and similar arrangements, to shine a light on financial opacity which facilitates the laundering of criminal proceeds and the financing of terrorist organisations and actors;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a need for a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies and Financial Intelligence Units involved in combating the financing of terrorism, that is permitted to extend to evolving trends in international finance that includes but is not limited to Bitmap, SWIFT coding, cryptocurrency and its corresponding regulatory mechanisms;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a need for a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies involved in combating the financing of terrorism; whereas the financial data are a significant tool to gather intelligence in order to analyse terrorist networks and how to better disrupt their operations;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a need for a ~~preventive strategy base~~sustained, comprehensive and preventive strategy based on the collaboration of all states and international and regional organizations and on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies involved in combating the financing of terrorism;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a need for a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies involved in combating the financing of terrorism and for improved cooperation among financial intelligence units, among law-enforcement agencies and between intelligence services and law- enforcement agencies;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a need for a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies involved in combating the financing of terrorism; whereas personal data protection and respect for private life are important fundamental rights;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and amending Directive 2009/101/EC of 5 July 2016,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a continuing need for a preventive strategyies based on the exchange of ~~basic~~ information among intelligence agencies involved in combating the financing of terrorism;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is a need for a preventive strategy based on the exchange of basic information among intelligence agencies ~~involve~~and ion co~~mbating the financing of terrorism~~ordinated measures;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the~~re is a need for an institution-based European platform – which thus far has exis~~ European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC), an operations centre and hub of expertise of Europol was created oin Jan ~~informal basis – to centralise the receipt of information, which is currently spread out among 28 Member States~~uary 2016 to address the growing need for the Member States to strengthen their collective response to terror;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is a need ~~for an institution-based European platform – which thus far has existed on an informal basis – to centralise the receipt of information, which is currently spread out among 28 Member States;~~ , in this context, not only for a platform for cooperation among nations – and what is required is not the creation of new institutions but rather measures to make those that already exist at international level (including Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) and in the EU Member States more effective and easier to monitor – but also for multilateral cooperation, specifically with the services of states where terrorists come from, in order to ensure that efforts to combat terrorism are genuine and effective;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there ismay be a need for a~~n institution-based~~ European platform – which thus far has existed on an informal basis – to c~~entralise the receipt of information, which is currently spread out among 28 Member States~~oordinate the exchange of suspicious financial information;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is a need for an institution-based European platform – which thus far has existed on an informal basis – to ~~centralis~~better coordinate the receipt of information~~, which is currently spread out among 28 Member States~~; notes the benefits of a centralised system but recognises the constraints in the way of achieving one as highlighted in previous studies published by the Commission;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is a need for an institution-based European platform – which thus far has existed on an informal basis – to centralise the receipt of information, which is currently spread out among 28 Member States and through which Member States can provide information on their levels of engagement and progress relating to combatting terrorism financing;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is a need for an institution-based European platform – which thus far has existed on an informal basis – to centralise the receipt of information, which is currently spread out among 28 Member States; whereas this exchange of information should be proactive and automatic;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is a need for an institution-based European platform – which thus far has existed on an informal basis – to centralise the receipt of information, which is currently spread out among 28 Member States, and ensure that it can be properly analysed and put to effective use;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas there has been a positive change in the attitudes of a number of Muslim states towards Islamic terrorism and in their readiness to cooperate more closely in addressing it;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to the Manama declaration on countering terrorist finance of 9 November 2014,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundations, which have or claim to have social or cultural goals, some of them located in Gulf countries, act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of extremist Salafism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated; whereas Saudi diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks in 2015 reveal a system of funding for mosques, Islamic centres and Saudi-trained clerics that spans Asia, Africa and Europe;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundations, some of them located in Gulf countries, act as a cover for ~~abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive~~the transfer of funds and material to terrorist organisations; whereas surveillance of these organisations, their funders, and their activities , is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of extremist Salafism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundations, some of them located in Gulf countries, act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of extremist Salafism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated; whereas this must not detract from the humanitarian work carried out by many NGOs, it being necessary to avoid criminalising these NGOs and the humanitarian aid provided by them;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities ~~and~~, other foundations and private donors, some of them located in Gulf countries, laid the foundation for the financial capacities of ISIS/Da'esh, Al-Qaeda and other jihadist organisations and act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of extremist Salafism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundations, ~~some of them located in Gulf countries,~~ act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of Islamist extremist ~~Salafism~~ in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe ~~cannot be tolerat~~should be blocked;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of ~~international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundation~~organisations and networks, some of them located in Gulf countries, act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas ~~surveillance of these networks~~gathering of intelligence about these networks and their links with actors in the EU, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of extremist Salafism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe, often through financing from governmental sources in the Middle East, cannot be tolerated;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundations~~, some of them located in Gulf countries,~~ act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of ~~extremist Salaf~~radicalism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundations, some of them located in ~~Gulf~~the Middle East and European countries, act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of extremist Salafism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a number of international non-profit organisations, charities and other foundations, some of them located in Gulf countries and Iran, act as a cover for abusive practices; whereas surveillance of these networks, which are often extensive, is therefore vital; whereas their support for the expansion of extremis~~t Salafis~~m in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a full member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), while the individual member states of the GCC are not; whereas as an FATF member, the GCC has committed itself to implementing the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures agreed to by the FATF members; whereas the full implementation of the FATF recommendations in these areas by the GCC and its member states is of crucial importance to the fight against global terrorism;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)

– having regard to FATF Best Practices on Targeted Financial Sanction related to Terrorism and Terrorist Financing,

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas Al-Qaida’s global fundraising network is built on donations to charities and NGOs, which communicate with donors through social media and online forums; whereas Twitter and Facebook accounts have also been used to ask supporters for donations to the cause of jihad. Whereas, in recent years, several smart phone applications have been developed by terrorist organisations to maximise the outreach and encourage donations from supporters, most of them located in Gulf countries;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. highlights the vulnerability of micro-states and states with a poor track record in the rule of law to become hotspots for the financing of terrorism;

Amendment 72 #

Ga. whereas clumsy and unlawful intervention by the West contributed to the rise of Islamic terrorism;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas this expansion at EU border and in our neighbouring countries and partners is particularly alarming ; whereas extremist Salafism has been nurtured in the Balkans through Saudi- sponsored preachers, mosques and madrassas ever since the1990s ; whereas dire economic conditions especially among the youth, growing disillusionment towards European integration and an ongoing strong influence from Islamic heavyweights as Saudi Arabia and Turkey are some of the elements of a worrisome mix turning Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia, FYROM and the Sandzak region of Montenegro into an area of rising Islamist radicalization;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas leaked intelligence ~~even~~ suggests that institutions and individuals in the ~~Arabian Gulf~~Western World and even states (the support by Francois Hollande’s Government for the terrorist al-Nusra Front, against the advice of the US State Department, being one example) are providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self- sufficient;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~leaked~~ intelligence ~~even~~ suggests that institutions and individuals in the ~~Arabian Gulf~~Gulf region are providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self-sufficient; whereas, however, ISIS/Da'esh has also developed financial self-reliance, notably through the illegal sale of oil, taxation on the territories it controlled including customs charges and the trading of artefacts gained through pillaging historical sites such as Palmyra in Syria and in the Nineveh region of Iraq;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas leaked intelligence even suggests that institutions and individuals ~~in the Arabian Gulf~~ are providing financial and logistical support to ~~ISIS/Da’esh and other~~ radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self-sufficient;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas leaked intelligence and research reports even suggests that institutions and individuals in the Arabian Gulf ares well as Turkey's reported evidence of direct or indirect involvement of providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh, Al-Qaeda and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self-sufficient;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas leaked intelligence even suggests that institutions - including state institutions - and individuals in the Arabian Gulf are providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self-sufficient;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~leaked~~ intelligence even suggests that states, institutions, such as Iran and the IRGC, and individuals in the Arabian Gulf are providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self-sufficient;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)

– having regard to FATF statement of 24 October 2014 on countering the financing of ISIL as well as to FATF report of February 2015on the Financing of the Terrorist Organisation Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL),

Amendment 80 #

Javier NART, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ, Ivo VAJGL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas leaked intelligence even suggests that institutions and individuals in the Arabian Gulf are providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh, Al Quaeda and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self- sufficient;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas leaked intelligence even suggests that institutions and individuals in the Arabian Gulf are providing financial and logistical support to al-Qaeda, ISIS/Da’esh and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self- sufficient;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~leaked intelligence even suggests that~~ institutions and individuals in the ~~Arabian~~ Gulf are reportedly providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh and to other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self- sufficient;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas leaked intelligence even suggests that ~~institutions and~~ individuals in the Arabian Gulf are providing financial and logistical support to ISIS/Da’esh and other radical groups, and whereas without this funding many of these terrorist groups would not be self-sufficient;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas some companies doing business in conflict zones directly fuel armed conflicts or terrorist activities ; whereas France has launched a judicial inquiry into the Syrian activities of cement and construction group Lafarge Holcim; whereas the investigation follows a criminal complaint filed by a number of former Syrian Lafarge employees together with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and French NGO Sherpa in November 2016 accusing the company of financing terrorist activity and complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity as well as endangerment of employees ; whereas following to his confessions, the CEO resigned; whereas according to the elements of the file, the company would have entered into arrangements with ISIS in order to maintain production, by paying for passes issued by the jihadist organization and buying raw materials necessary for cement production such as oil and pozzolana in areas under ISIS’s control, allegedly up to 20 000 dollars a month; whereas these cases must be systematically investigated, denounced and sanctioned when confirmed;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas ISIS/Da’esh remains the terrorist organisation with highest income in the world, despite the fall in revenues since 2014, notably attributed to decreases in oil prices; whereas, according to the Financial Action Task Force (FAFT), its sources of financing primarily derive from: illicit proceeds collected from its occupied territories, (such as the appropriation of banks’ assets, extortion, control of oil fields and refineries, and illicit taxation), kidnappings for ransom, donations from various groups, including local non-profit organisations that act as proxies for laundering proceeds for the financing of terrorism, and revenue raised through sophisticated communication networks; whereas human smugglers networks have also shown to be providing income to ISIS/Da'esh, namely in Libya; whereas it’s crucial to tackle these streams of revenue through an international collaborative effort;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas, in both Europe and the Middle East, many extremist Islamic groups receive indirect support from foreign governments and even formal support through the diplomatic activities of certain Western countries (the US State Department, for example, has supported the Muslim Brotherhood since the events of the Arab Spring, including since the coming to power of Donald Trump, who, under pressure from his administration, decided not to sign an executive order classing the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation, see Washington Times of 27 March 2017), and whereas these extremist movements also find mouthpieces within the EU institutions;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the Western supported wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria have unfortunately also contributed to the recent emergence of jihadist terrorism;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ISIS/Da’esh is attempting to channel its money out of its diminishing territory in Syria and Iraq via oil exports, investment in businesses, illegal fund transfers and compulsory exchanges of foreign currency for ISIS/Da’esh currency; whereas ISIS/Da’esh is laundering the proceeds of its criminal activities by buying businesses and assets of all kinds; whereas these sources could allow ISIS to continue funding future criminal acts after its military defeat; Whereas according to reports in the Western Media, the majority of ISIS revenue came from selling oil to the Assad regime, sometimes in exchange for electricity; Whereas ISIS and other terrorist groups attempted to participate in the smuggling and human trafficking business, particularly in Libya; Whereas other terrorist groups, such as Boko Haram and Al-Qaida, have increasingly looked to smuggling arms and drugs, as well as kidnappings, human trafficking, and slavery to fund their activities;

Amendment 89 #

I. whereas ~~ISIS/Da’esh is attempting to channel i~~, according to the Italian Guardia di Finanza, oil imports mcon~~ey out of its diminishing territory in Syria and Iraq via oil exports, investment in businesses, illegal fund transfers and compulsory exchanges of foreign~~trolled by terrorist organisations may also use as terminals large Italian refineries and whereas tankers from Turkey and Russia are mysteriously disappearing in waters south of Malta, as are small tankers sailing illicitly from Libya whose smuggled crude oil is transhipped into large tankers at sea, after which this load is cuarr~~ency for ISIS/Da’esh currency~~ied on to various ports; whereas ISIS/Da’esh is laundering the proceeds of its criminal activities by buying businesses and assets of all kinds; whereas these sources could allow ISIS to continue funding future criminal acts after its military defeat;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)

– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism and its Additional Protocol,

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ISIS/Da’esh is attempting to channel its money out of its diminishing territory in Syria and Iraq via oil exports, investment in businesses, illegal fund transfers and compulsory exchanges of foreign currency for ISIS/Da’esh currency; whereas ISIS/Da’esh is laundering the proceeds of its criminal activities by buying businesses and assets of all kinds; whereas ISIS/Da’esh is also laundering the proceeds of stolen antiquities and smuggled art pieces and artefacts by selling them abroad, inclusively in markets in Member States; whereas these sources could allow ISIS to continue funding future criminal acts after its military defeat;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ISIS/Da’esh is attempting to channel its money out of its diminishing territory in Syria and Iraq via oil exports, investment in businesses, illegal fund transfers and compulsory exchanges of foreign currency for ISIS/Da’esh currency; whereas ISIS/Da’esh is laundering the proceeds of its criminal activities by buying businesses and assets of all kinds while certain state and semi-state protagonists, driven by short-term geopolitical calculations, look on benignly; whereas these sources could allow ISIS to continue funding future criminal acts after its military defeat;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ISIS/Da’esh is attempting to channel its money out of its diminishing territory in Syria and Iraq via oil exports, investment in businesses, including money service business, illegal fund transfers, money and professional couriers and compulsory exchanges of foreign currency for ISIS/Da’esh currency; whereas ISIS/Da’esh is laundering the proceeds of its criminal activities by buying businesses and assets of all kinds; whereas these sources could allow ISIS to continue funding future criminal acts after its military defeat;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ISIS/Da’esh is attempting to channel its money out of its diminishing territory in Syria and Iraq via oil exports, investment in businesses, illegal fund transfers and compulsory exchanges of foreign currency for ISIS/Da’esh currency; whereas ISIS/Da’esh is laundering the proceeds of its criminal activities by buying businesses and assets of all kinds; whereas these sources could allow ISIS to continue funding future criminal acts after its ~~military defeat~~territorial collapse in Syria and Iraq;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas, as recalled by the FATF, judicial authorities all over the world are concerned about the use of virtual currencies by terrorist organisations, as there has been an enormous growth in the use of websites linked to them to promote the use of Bitcoins and in contacts between extremists concerning virtual currencies, while a blog linked to Isis has come to light which proposed using Bitcoins to finance extremists;

Amendment 95 #

Eduard KUKAN

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas illicit trade in counterfeit goods, firearms, oil, drugs, cigarettes and cultural objects, as well as trafficking in human beings, racketeering and extortion have become ways for terrorist groups to obtain funding, whereas the increasing links between organised crime and terrorist groups constitute a growing security threat to the Union;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the full story of the emergence and ramifications of ISIS and the truth about its relationships with a number of countries and government services have yet to be told;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran is also funding terrorist organisations in other countries;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas an international ransom ban has been established under a series of international commitments underpinned by UN Security Council resolutions and domestic laws; whereas in practice, the UN ban lacks the support of key signatories who prioritise the immediate preservation of life over their counter- terrorism commitments, and in doing so involuntarily finance terrorist organisations;deleted

Amendment 99 #