15 Amendments of Anders VISTISEN related to 2017/2203(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
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 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
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 situationall 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 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
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 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
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 extremist Salafism in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe cannot be tolerated;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
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 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
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 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
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 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point i (new)
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 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
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 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
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 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
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 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point i
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 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) the Commission to propose the legislation required to preventbetter 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 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
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 jihadistsany 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 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
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;