9 Amendments of Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU related to 2010/2309(INI)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that organised crime is one of the key threats to the internal security of the EU; considers that, although organised crime and terrorism are often intertwingely connected with each other within illicit networks, it should be treated separately from terrorism, , and calls for a specific, horizontal EU strategy on the issue, including legislative and operational measures, the allocation of funds and a strict implementation timetable;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. INoting that Article 222 TFEU establishes the legal obligation of the European Union and its Member States to implement the solidarity clause, is aware that organised crime cannot proliferate without the aid, the complicity, or even the mere indifference of the political world, and expresses deep concern about the evidently increasing interpenetration of organised crime and politics, involving the creation of a so- called grey area which is seriously jeopardising the credibility and true democratic nature of the institutions; expresses equal concern over the proven ability of organised crime to infiltrate the nerve centres of general government and the economic and financial fabric;·
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. SGiven that international criminal networks remain highly active, stresses that to counter transnational organised crime requires cooperation between law enforcement authorities and an effort on the part of the Member States and calls on them to approximate their legislation, especially with reference to the development of common, standard procedures and types of criminal offence, taking as a model the legal systems that are the most highly developed in terms of countering organised crime; calls on the Member States and the Commission to continue their efforts to implement the European Arrest Warrant effectively ;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that to counter transnational organised crime requires an effort on the part of the Member States and calls on them to approximate their legislation, especially with reference to the development of common, standard procedures and types of criminal offence, taking as a modeldrawing on the good practices of the legal systems that are the most highly developed in terms of countering organised crime;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is dissatisfied with the extremely limited impact on the legislative systems of the Member States of Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA on organised crime, which has not made any significant improvement to national laws or to operational cooperation to counter organised crime; stresses, therefore, the need to review and strengthen the legislative framework and calls on the Commission to submit, by the end of 2012, a proposal for a directive which contains a less generalmore concrete definition of organised crime and manages better to identify the key features of the phenomenon; requests that, as regards the offence of membership of a criminal organisation, whilst showing due respect for different legislative systems, the abolition of the current dual approach (which criminalises both membership and conspiracy) be proposed and a range of habitual offences committed by organised crime be identified, which, regardless of the maximum sentence permitted in the Member States, could be deemed to constitute such a criminal offence;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that minors need special attention, treatment, protection, assistance and guidance when he or she is a victim of organised crime
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that borders are not an obstacle to organised crime; considers it necessary, therefore, for the external dimension of organised crime to be integrated into the framework of Europe’s effort to combat the phenomenon; notes that it is important, to that end, to involve more deeply the European External Action Service and the Joint Situation Centre (SitCen);
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the increasing trend of cyber crime, operating in a criminal underworld that connotes a lack of transparency where who is doing what is usually hidden from view, and which can provide new opportunities and benefits for illicit business, such as robbing online banks, illicitly gaining access to intellectual property and practising fraud on computerised data that provide attractive targets for extortion;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need for coordinated cooperation among the Member States of the European Union and for the strengthening of the European Network And Information Security Agency (ENISA);