14 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2017/2203(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 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,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
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 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
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 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
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 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
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 121 #
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 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 163 #
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 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 187 #
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 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 206 #
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, 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 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – point l – introductory part
(l) calls on the Member States to regulate hawalatraditional 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 hawalase 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 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
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 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m b (new)
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 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
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 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
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;