14 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2015/2118(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas it is acknowledged that human trafficking is 'the slavery of our times' and a major source of funding for organised crime (around EUR 6 billion in 2015 alone, according to Europol estimates) and Islamic State terrorist groups, yielding high profits for low risks;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the main purpose of human trafficking is sexual exploitation, accounting for 53 % of victims, of which 97 % are women; whereas it may assume different forms, either visible (street prostitution) or invisible(in brothels, private homes or nightclubs);
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas, according to Eurostat data, human trafficking takes place largely within EU borders, 65 % of the victims being European citizens; whereas such activities are focused on a number of hotspots, including migrant registration centres in Germany, France and Belgium;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Europol studies have shown that that criminal gangs are able to make use of new digital technologies to attract victims by means of false online vacancy advertisements;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas sexual exploitation, like any other activity, is fuelled by demand and if no-one were willing to pay for sexual services, prostitution and human trafficking could no longer exist;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to make use of properly structured victim interview techniques to help achieve a precise reconstruction of events without at the same time placing psychological pressure on victims who are already frightened and confused;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Member States to use properly trained female staff to interview victims in order to help them more effectively, both physically and psychologically, by putting them at ease in providing information;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to monitor websites more effectively, so as to ensure the prompt identification of those that lend themselves to links with criminal gangs, without restricting or criminalising the web, but using its enormous potential to disseminate good practices and raise awareness of human trafficking issues;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together to create gender-sensitive training programmes for persons coming in contact with victims of THB in an official capacity, including police officers, border officers, judges, magistrates, lawyers, front-line medical staff and social worke, social workers and psychological counsellors; stresses that training should include detection of victims, the formal identification process and appropriate, gender-specific assistance for victims;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Member States to adopt the ‘Nordic model' to combat sexual exploitation, particularly since studies have shown that, in countries such as Sweden and Norway where the purchase of sexual services is a criminal offence, prostitution and human trafficking are on the wane;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to provide legal and psychological assistance to all of those who either self-identify, or meet an adequate number of the criteria for identification, as victims of THB, to help them access their rights, compensations and/or legal redress; ;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Asks that the Member States collect more detailed and up to date data by compiling reliable statistical information gathered from all main actors, by ensuring that the data is disaggregated by gender, age, type of exploitation (within the subsets of types of THB), country of origin and destination, and by including internally trafficked people, to better assess the gender dimension and recent trends in THB, as well as by collecting data on recovery and reflection periods, residence permits and victim compensation; calls on the Members States to ensure that national rapporteurs play a more significant role in the coordination of data collection initiatives, in close cooperation with relevant civil society organisations active in this field;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Calls on the various EU agencies such as Eurojust, Europol, CEPOL, EASO, EIGE, FRA and Frontex to cooperate more effectively in combating human trafficking both inside and outside the Union;