12 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2015/2340(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on the need for the EUMember States to enhance police and judicial cooperation between Member Stateson a European level and with third countries in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in human beings (THB), in particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing, participation in Joint Investigation Teams and in combating recruitment of people for THB through the internet and other digital means; considers that he announcement that at least 10 000 children went missing over the last months has clearly shown that Member States and European Agencies urgently have to step up their efforts in terms of cross-border cooperation, information exchange and joint investigations and operations in order to be able to tackle trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls upon the European Union and Member States to provide their law enforcement and police agencies with the necessary staff and resources for the agencies to be able to receive information also from families or other sources, to exchange this information with the relevant European and national authorities and to properly treat and analyse this information;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminds that trafficking children often lead to cases of sexual abuse, forced to prostitution, forced labour or illegal organ harvesting and trafficking in combination with murder of the children; urges the responsible Member States' and European authorities to strengthen cooperation during investigative operations to prevent those crimes in cooperation with each other and with third countries;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including agencies such as Frontex and Europol, are provided with adequate training into be able to deal with cases of THB, with an emphasis on the special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups and on how to provide incentives and adequate protection for victims of THB and for others to report traffickers;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the EAAS to exchange best practices with third countries, firstly, on training of police authorities and aid workers to understand how to most adequately approach victims, and secondly, on applying the principle of individual assessment of victims to determine their specific needs, help and protection;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that children and disabled people should be considered as vulnerable victims of human trafficking; victims of human trafficking may develop disabilities due to abuse at the hands of their trafficker, while alternatively, an individual who has a disability may be targeted by a trafficker due to that vulnerability;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on EU and Member State law enforcement agencies to reinforce their capacities as regards financial investigation and prosecution of individuals and criminal networks that profit from THB, for example for terrorist financing and to ‘'follow the money’' as a key strategy in their work; in order to destroy organized crime and terrorist networks at the root;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that sex tourism—that is, the practice of traveling or vacationing for the purpose of having sex—is a billion dollar industry that further encourages the sexual exploitation of women and girls;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that trafficking of human beings fuels organized crime groups that usually participate in many other illegal activities, including drug and weapons trafficking and money laundering while at the same time it burdens public health systems, erodes government authority, encourages widespread corruption, and threatens the security of vulnerable populations;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that victims, often from third countries, rarely understand the culture and language of the country into which they have been trafficked; they therefore experience another layer of psychological stress and frustration;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
5b. Stresses that clients who consume the services provided by the human traffickers are mostly men from all sorts of backgrounds and that in many parts of the world there is little to no perceived stigma to purchasing sexual favours for money as prostitution is viewed as a victimless crime;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the Union needs a binding and mandatory legislative approach to resettlement, as set out in the Commission's agenda for migration; Points out that humanitarian admission can be used as a complement to resettlement in order to give urgent protection, often on a temporary basis, to the most vulnerable where needed, e.g. unaccompanied minors or refugees with disabilities, or those in need of urgent medical evacuation;