6 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2013/0025(COD)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Irrespective of the penalties provided for in the Member States, the primary objective of all the measures taken under this Directive should be to combat all the practices which result in substantial illegal profits being generated by taking all possible steps to prevent the financial system from being used to launder these profits.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) Attention should be paid to remittances, i.e. money sent by migrants resident abroad to their families or, more generally, to their countries of origin. Only international cash movements of this kind which pass through official channels are measured, and the statistics take no account of remittances conveyed through informal channels, such as unregistered money transfer organisations or illegal or criminal groupings, which operate without regard for migrants' interests.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
(4) "criminal activity" means any kind of criminal involvement in the commission of the following serious crimesserious offences, including at least:
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article can be freely accessed in a timely manner by competent authorities and by obliged entities.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that details of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 are automatically exchanged between the Member States.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that trustees of any express trust governed under their law obtain and hold adequate, accurate and current information on beneficial ownership regarding the trust. This information shall include the identity of the settlor, of the trustee(s), of the protector (if relevant), of the beneficiaries or class of beneficiaries, and of any other natural person exercising effective control over the trust. Member States shall establish and regularly update a register by means of which the abovementioned information can be freely consulted by the public and automatically exchanged between Member States.