Activities of Clare MOODY related to 2017/2203(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Cutting the sources of income for Jihadists - targeting the financing of terrorism (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on cutting the sources of income for jihadists – targeting the financing of terrorism PDF (464 KB) DOC (71 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da'esh (2015/2649(RSP)),
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
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 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
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 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas leaked intelligence even suggests that institutions and individuals in the Arabian GulfGulf 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 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
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 involuntarilyallow the financeing of terrorist organisations;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
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 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
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 cardholderan 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 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
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 185 #
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 operating under opaque regimes and withwhere there is evidence that the relevant authorities have failed to act on high rates of suspicious financial transactions;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
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 thoseall 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 assetnotes 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 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
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 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part
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 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point l – point ii
(ii) all transactions to be dreclarorded;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point l – point iii
(iii) dissuasive penalties to be established and imposed on intermediaries and/or others involved in undeclaredthat do not accurately record all forms of traditional banking transactions;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
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 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
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 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
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;