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听听President. 鈥� The next item is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on combating organised crime in the EU ().

听听Jessika Roswall, President-in-Office of the Council. 鈥� Madam听President, honourable Members, Commissioner, security is one of the core priorities for the Swedish Presidency. The developments in connection with Russia鈥檚 aggression against Ukraine will continue to have a major impact on the European agenda.

First and foremost, it is our responsibility to support Ukraine in all possible forms. Secondly, the war makes the connection between internal and external security increasingly clear. This is why the Presidency has initiated closer cooperation between the common security and defence policy and Justice and Home Affairs Council to improve efficiency, avoid overlaps and to increase coherence between these two fields.

Weapons from the Western Balkans still pose a problem more than 20听years later. We should learn from this. In February, the Presidency hosted a conference on the smuggling of firearms in the context of Russia鈥檚 aggressions against Ukraine. When a new crisis appears, criminal organisations often use these situations to profit from the vulnerability of people in need. We can never accept that people fleeing war end up in exploitation and abuse.

The current situation has reminded us of the joint obligation to address the demands that foster trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Targeting all forms of sexual violence against women and children is a priority for the Swedish Presidency. The Presidency is therefore hosting a conference on prevention models to address the demands that foster trafficking for sexual purposes. Furthermore, we hope to make considerable progress on the Commission鈥檚 proposals to amend the directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings.

Honourable Members, digital development is a game changer for our society, including for the law enforcement and judicial authorities. Ensuring their ability to function online and at the same time guaranteeing strong safeguards is essential to ensuring security. The political agreements on the e鈥攅vidence package is a great step in the right direction after mutual efforts from 合法博彩网站 and the Council. It strikes a balance between new, efficient tools desperately needed and safeguards for fundamental rights.

But we see that more needs to be done. The Presidency had proposed to create a high鈥攍evel expert group to propose concrete measures to ensure that lawful access to data remains possible.

One of the drivers behind organised crime is money. The Presidency committed to finalising the examination on the directive on assets recovery and confiscation so that a general approach can be approved in the Council before summer. We also want to finalise the negotiations on the revision of the Financial Information Directive regarding the access to bank account registers.

Honourable Members, the smuggling of drugs is a challenge to security and people鈥檚 health. In this context, we greatly value the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictions. Turning it to a fully鈥攆ledged EU agency will make it even more effective and forward鈥攍ooking. We are committed to conclude the negotiation as soon as possible so that the new agency can become fully operational in 2024.

Last week at the Justice and Home Affairs Council, we organised the discussion with Belgium and the Netherlands on drug鈥攔elated organised crime, since most of the cocaine in Europe is smuggled through ports such as Antwerp and Rotterdam. In many Member States, including Sweden, attempts by criminal organisations to threaten or influence public institutions make drug鈥攔elated and organised crimes a systematic threat.

Criminals and terrorists operating in Europe are taking advantages of the free movement in the Schengen area. A reinforced and automatic exchange of information on criminals and suspects under the new Pr眉m scheme can contribute to fighting crime. I therefore encourage the 合法博彩网站 to adopt its negotiations mandate as soon as possible, and I look forward to a constructive negotiation. Thank you for your attention, I am looking forward to this debate.

听听Helena Dalli, Member of the Commission. 鈥� Madam President, honourable Members, thank you for putting this debate on the agenda.

Not long ago, we discussed terrorism, and rightly so. Organised crime is a big threat to society, as is terrorism. When criminals kill lawyers, journalists and threaten politicians, they attack the heart of our democracies. When criminals kill our children, like 11-year-old Firdaous in Antwerp, they attack us in the heart. She was the innocent victim in a drugs war.

Sixty per听cent of criminal groups use corruption to buy people, buy politicians and buy power and to cross borders, infiltrate airports and harbours. Criminals use violence to intimidate, torture, murder. Criminals undermine the economy. Eighty per听cent of crime groups infiltrate the legal economy, investing in construction, restaurants and hotels, but also food, flowers and oil; buying properties and luxury goods to launder money; building up a parallel underground financial system.

One hundred and eighty nationalities are involved in organised crime in the EU. Seventy per听cent of crime groups are active in more than three Member States. They are increasingly sophisticated, operating like multinational corporations with global supply lines in a global, organised network.

It takes a network to fight a network. If criminals work together, police must work better together, like last November, when Operation Desert Light brought down a 鈥榮uper cartel鈥� responsible for 30% of cocaine distribution in the EU. Supported by Europol, police from Spain, France and Belgium, the Netherlands and United Arab Emirates arrested nearly 50 suspects and captured 30 tonnes of cocaine. We want more success stories like these.

Police work together in EMPACT, the EU policy cycle against criminal threats. We proposed the first-ever strategies against organised crime and trafficking of human beings. We also proposed action plans against firearms and drugs, and police cooperation and information exchange is at the heart of all of them. We鈥檝e adopted the police cooperation package, including the recommendation on operational cooperation and the Directive on police information exchange. We鈥檙e updating the Pr眉m framework to make police information exchange more efficient.

We鈥檝e boosted the mandate of Europol, so Europol can work with private parties and third countries. And we clarified that Europol can process big data and develop artificial intelligence because no one can process one billion messages by hand. That鈥檚 how many messages police captured in the Sky ECC case alone, when they gained access to criminal encrypted communication with spectacular results. The Sky ECC and EncroChat and ANOM cases together sparked more than 7听000 operations, over 10听000 arrests, 500 tonnes of drugs captured and nearly EUR听1听billion in criminal cash.

Criminals are going dark, using encryption and other tools to hide their crimes. Police lag behind and we have fewer possibilities to enforce the law online than offline. But almost all crimes today have an online component, not only organised crimes. Police must have the legal and technical means to fight these crimes while fully upholding fundamental rights.

We need to go after criminal money. Now 99% remains in criminal hands. Only 1% is being confiscated. We have proposed a new law to freeze and seize assets before they slip across the borders, targeting the top criminal bosses by including confiscation of unexplained wealth. And soon we will propose a new law to criminalise all forms of corruption with unified definitions and harmonised penalties across the European Union.

Drug trafficking is the most profitable and most violent crime. Killings, shootings, bombings, arson, kidnapping, torture are sparked by gangland warfare over drugs. There is no such thing as fair-trade cocaine. My colleague Ylva Johansson told me how in Colombia she saw from a helicopter the gaps made in the rainforest for growing coca leaves, polluting the environment with chemicals. And she met villagers in the very same room where criminals murdered their mayor because he dared to cultivate sustainable crops rather than coca.

In our streets and cities, the violence and corruption is local, but the drug trade is intercontinental. This is why we agreed with Colombia to improve security of ports on both sides of the Atlantic and set up our intercontinental police cooperation. Here in the EU, we鈥檝e made the fight against drugs the focus of a Schengen evaluation. This year, at the mid-term point of the organised crime and drug strategies, we鈥檒l assess progress and present new actions to fight organised crime and the drug trafficking.

It takes a network to fight a network. If criminals work together across borders, across continents, we must work together better. If criminals organise, we must organise better. That鈥檚 at the heart of everything that we do.

听听Jeroen Lenaers, on behalf of the PPE Group. 鈥� Madam听President, organised crime is a major threat to the internal security of the European Union and to the safety of our citizens, and it requires a common European response. More than 70% of criminal networks are active in more than three European countries and they are becoming increasingly more violent. According to Europol, organised crime within the EU has never posed such a major threat to citizens and our societies as it does today. We need to disrupt the business models of criminal networks and ensure that crime never pays: follow the money in order to freeze and confiscate assets and target criminal leadership.

For the EPP, the security of European citizens and the fight against organised crime is an absolute priority. Europe needs to show that we can deliver in real terms, and this is why last year we proposed 50 concrete measures to tackle crime and we will continue to put this high on Europe鈥檚 agenda.

And we are happy to find in the Swedish Presidency a like鈥攎inded and a constructive partner in our mission to keep Europe safe. And we look forward to cooperate on our shared priorities: strengthening the role of agencies like Europol and Eurojust; better coordination of criminal investigations and prosecutions; implementation of the interoperability framework; further improving existing crucial legislation like the Pr眉m Framework; advanced passenger information; making e鈥攅vidence work in practice. We have to make use of all available instruments in order to fight crime, and we cannot expect law enforcement authorities to do this alone. Local authorities, tax authorities, labour inspectorates, can all play a major role in addressing certain challenges, but they face huge obstacles in cross鈥攂order cooperation.

We have worked very hard to remove those cross鈥攂order obstacles for police and judicial cooperation. We need to do the same for the administrative approach to organised crime by denying criminals the use of the legal administrative infrastructure.

More intense monitoring, better screening and proper cross鈥攂order exchange of administrative information to complement police cooperation and strengthen the law enforcement system should also be a European priority. Borders often still create obstacles for authorities, while criminals use them to their advantage. This needs to end right now.

听听Juan Fernando L贸pez Aguilar, en nombre del Grupo S&D. 鈥� Se帽ora presidenta, se帽ora presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, se帽ora comisaria, el crimen organizado es el crimen de nuestro tiempo. M谩s del 75听% de la delincuencia que tiene lugar en la Uni贸n Europea es organizada y transfronteriza. Y, por eso, celebramos que el Consejo haya establecido con claridad sus diez prioridades en la evaluaci贸n de esta amenaza, que incluyen, por supuesto, el terrorismo, el tr谩fico de drogas, la delincuencia econ贸mica y medioambiental y el tr谩fico de armas de fuego. Pero, como socialistas, nos importa particularmente el combate frontal contra el tr谩fico de seres humanos y la explotaci贸n sexual y laboral de personas especialmente vulnerables, como las mujeres y los ni帽os, y el abominable tr谩fico de 贸rganos.

Pero, adem谩s, como presidente de la Comisi贸n de Libertades Civiles, Justicia y Asuntos de Interior, subrayo en este debate que estamos tramitando la propuesta de Directiva sobre recuperaci贸n y decomiso de activos y el paquete contra el lavado de dinero procedente de negocios il铆citos, o blanqueo de capitales. Es imprescindible completarlo y establecer, adem谩s, la Autoridad de Lucha contra el Blanqueo de Capitales y la Financiaci贸n del Terrorismo.

Pero concluyo diciendo que es importante que todo esto se haga preservando el activo m谩s preciado de la construcci贸n europea, la libre circulaci贸n de personas. De modo que no lo hagamos introduciendo restricciones innecesarias o desproporcionadas a la libre circulaci贸n y, por ende, erosionando o da帽ando el espacio Schengen que es, sin duda, el activo m谩s precioso. Respet茅moslo en la lucha contra el crimen organizado.

听听Ramona Strugariu, on behalf of the Renew Group. 鈥� Madam听President, 鈥極rganised crime continues to pose a significant threat to the safety and security of our citizens. Our collective response must involve law enforcement agencies, judicial authorities, intelligence services and civil society. We must enhance our capabilities in areas such as information sharing, intelligence analysis and cross鈥攂order cooperation to disrupt the activities of criminal networks鈥�. This is, dear colleagues, a speech written by an AI tool, and I agree with it.

Basically, everyone can speak brilliantly about countering organised crime; people, politicians, machines, it sounds great. The difference between us and an AI tool is that we need to act on it. We need to make it reality. We need to adopt strong legislative proposals. We need to enforce them in the Member States. This is the difference.

We have an anti鈥攎oney laundering package coming soon and I hope that this House will have a very powerful position on countering money laundering. We need a strong AMLA, we need FIUs that can work with each other. We need access to information for journalists and for the civil society. This is what we need to produce as decision makers. Otherwise we can kindly ask AI to produce nice speeches and this is it.

听听Sergey Lagodinsky, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group. 鈥� Madam听President, when it comes to criminal organisations, criminals have one goal in mind: profit. The same is true for corrupt oligarchs from Russia or elsewhere hiding their wealth in the EU. So the most effective response is, to put it simply, to take away their stuff. And this is precisely what we will do.

The Commission introduced the directive on assets confiscations and we are working together now to make this proposal fit for reality, fit for times when a war at our doorsteps is being supported and financed by money that was never clean. We will enable Member States to confiscate property linked to serious organised crimes and we cannot show any mercy in this.

Handing over the criminal assets to a family member is the oldest trick in the book and I am determined to close this loophole and it must be possible to confiscate unexplained wealth 鈥� also unexplained wealth connected to corrupt state structures, also outside of the EU and yes, to use it to compensate victims, also states that were damaged by this money and its wars.

Crime is not just about injustice, it is also about profits. Let us work together to take away this motivation from criminals.

听听Beata Kempa, w imieniu grupy ECR. 鈥� Pani Przewodnicz膮ca! Zwalczanie przest臋pczo艣ci zorganizowanej wci膮偶 stanowi wyzwanie dla wielu pa艅stw europejskich. Przest臋pczo艣膰 nie zna granic. Widzimy, co dzieje si臋 w Belgii w zakresie przest臋pczo艣ci narkotykowej. Widzimy, co dzieje si臋 w Szwecji, gdzie trwa krwawa wojna gang贸w na ulicach Malm枚 i Sztokholmu.

W mojej ojczy藕nie, w Polsce, w ostatnich latach poczyniono olbrzymie post臋py w zwalczaniu przest臋pczo艣ci zorganizowanej, szczeg贸lnie w kontek艣cie mafii VAT-owskich oraz grup przest臋pczych produkuj膮cych, rozprowadzaj膮cych narkotyki czy mafii paliwowych. Kluczowe okaza艂y si臋 zmiany wprowadzone przez rz膮d Zjednoczonej Prawicy, wzmacniaj膮ce organizacyjnie prokuratur臋 oraz policj臋, i poprawa wsp贸艂pracy mi臋dzy obiema instytucjami.

Bardzo wa偶nym elementem podj臋tych dzia艂a艅 by艂o wprowadzenie konfiskaty rozszerzonej mienia przest臋pc贸w, pozwalaj膮ce uderzy膰 w finansowe podstawy gang贸w. Niestety niekt贸rzy przest臋pcy znale藕li sobie nieoczywistych sojusznik贸w. Z niewiadomych przyczyn pewne pa艅stwa cz艂onkowskie nie wykonuj膮 europejskich nakaz贸w aresztowania i nie przesy艂aj膮 przest臋pc贸w do Polski, aby mo偶na by艂o ich skaza膰. Szczeg贸lnie niezrozumia艂a jest postawa Holandii, kt贸ra odmawiaj膮c ekstradycji, staje si臋 wr臋cz safe haven dla cz艂onk贸w zorganizowanych grup przest臋pczych. Warto skorzysta膰 z naszych rozwi膮za艅.

听听Susanna Ceccardi, a nome del gruppo ID. 鈥� Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, due mesi fa 猫 stato arrestato uno dei boss pi霉 pericolosi della mafia italiana, Matteo Messina Denaro. Un risultato importante che 猫 necessario dedicare alla memoria delle forze dell'ordine che hanno perso la vita per combattere il crimine. Due su tutti: Falcone e Borsellino, martiri delle stragi di mafia.

Oggi la criminalit脿 organizzata agisce in modo sempre pi霉 ramificato e utilizza le nuove tecnologie. Ma come sempre fa affari sfruttando i pi霉 deboli: gli immigrati, vulnerabili e ricattabili, sono quelli che pi霉 spesso vengono impiegati come manovalanza nelle citt脿 europee.

La criminalit脿 prima gli chiede 8听000 o 9听000 euro per arrivare in Europa e poi continua la propria catena di sfruttamento. Molti di loro finiscono a fare lavori a basso costo, senza contratto e nelle ipotesi peggiori finiscono sulle nostre strade ad elemosinare, rubare, spacciare o prostituirsi. 脠 per questo che il governo italiano ha deciso recentemente di innalzare le pene per gli scafisti fino a 30 anni di reclusione.

Chi lucra sulla pelle dei pi霉 deboli non merita indulgenza. Per combattere la criminalit脿 dobbiamo avere fiducia nella legge e soprattutto in chi 猫 deputato a farla rispettare. Basta criminalizzare le nostre forze di polizia, come ha fatto la sinistra negli ultimi anni. I nostri poliziotti hanno bisogno di sostegno e risorse.

听听Clare Daly, on behalf of The Left Group. 鈥� Madam听President, organised crime, terrorism, migration: the monsters that lurk under every right鈥攚inger鈥檚 bed; the catch鈥攁ll justification for every attack on our fundamental rights. Our rights and civil liberties are being relentlessly eroded in an endemic securitarian obsession that does almost nothing to deal with the problems it鈥檚 supposed to, but does everything to make our societies more fearful and authoritarian.

It doesn鈥檛 actually have to be like this. If you really want to tackle organised crime in the EU, there are ways of doing it without implementing mass surveillance, without eroding civil liberties, without fattening the pockets of the arms and security companies, and without creating a pervasive climate of fear and suspicion.

First step: if you are really serious, drug decriminalisation as a first step towards full legalisation. At the same time, you鈥檇 provide safe and legal pathways for people to come to Europe, work here in the regular economy. It might sound simple, but I can guarantee you it would be effective.

听听Sabrina Pignedoli (NI). 鈥� Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, se vogliamo veramente combattere la criminalit脿 organizzata, dobbiamo tenere presente che per queste organizzazioni 猫 vitale avere appoggi e coperture nel mondo economico, finanziario, politico e istituzionale.

Possiamo tagliare i rami visibili incarcerando i boss e la manovalanza: doveroso e giusto. Ma la vera sfida 猫 estirpare le radici di queste organizzazioni: colpire imprenditori compiacenti, funzionari o politici corrotti, scoprire come vengono reinvestiti i capitali illeciti nelle societ脿 quotate in borsa e nelle banche, sequestrare i beni che sono frutto di riciclaggio.

Inoltre, i Paesi europei preferiscono far finta di non vedere certe organizzazioni criminali, come quelle che si occupano del traffico dei rifiuti verso i Paesi pi霉 poveri, un traffico strettamente legato a quello delle armi, spesso coperto dalla cooperazione internazionale o da associazioni che fingono scopi umanitari. Un'ultima parola sulle mafie: serve un contrasto specifico perch茅 le mafie si sono radicate in tutti gli Stati membri, nessuno escluso.

听听Paulo Rangel (PPE). 鈥� Senhora Presidente, a luta contra o crime organizado 茅 uma luta que n茫o conhece fronteiras. O problema do crime organizado 茅 hoje um problema europeu. 70 % das redes criminosas ativas na Europa j谩 operam em mais de tr锚s pa铆ses em simult芒neo e mais de metade delas usa a viol锚ncia, a par do com茅rcio ilegal de drogas, que n茫o s贸 mant茅m milhares de milh玫es de euros ocultos nas nossas economias, como destr贸i a vida de milhares e milhares de cidad茫os.

O pacote de medidas da Comiss茫o para a coopera莽茫o policial na Uni茫o Europeia estabeleceu aquele que 茅 o modelo certo, que tanto o Parlamento como o Conselho devem continuar a seguir, ou seja, aprovar ferramentas para que as autoridades nacionais, as pol铆cias nacionais, possam cumprir a sua miss茫o de combate ao crime organizado, cada vez mais sofisticado.

Num espa莽o de liberdade, seguran莽a e justi莽a, temos de dar prioridade ao tr谩fico de pessoas e, em particular, ao tr谩fico de menores, ao tr谩fico de droga e tamb茅m, claramente, 脿quilo que n贸s chamar铆amos a corrup莽茫o e o crime econ贸mico, pois n贸s sabemos que 60% destas redes est茫o intrinsecamente ligadas 脿 corrup莽茫o, ao crime econ贸mico e 脿 fraude, nomeadamente ao branqueamento de capitais.

Meus Caros Colegas, n茫o h谩 liberdade sem seguran莽a e 茅 isto que, aqui, os Verdes e a esquerda deveriam saber. Uma sociedade que tem medo n茫o 茅 uma sociedade onde haja direitos fundamentais e onde haja liberdade. E, por isso, o direito 脿 liberdade 茅 tamb茅m o direito 脿 seguran莽a.

听听Caterina Chinnici (S&D). 鈥� Signor Presidente, signora Ministro, signora Commissaria, onorevoli colleghi, 139: sono 139 i miliardi di euro che, secondo stime per difetto, le organizzazioni criminali accumulano ogni anno attraverso la loro attivit脿 illecita in Europa e che poi riciclano con mezzi sempre pi霉 sofisticati.

Questo riguarda tutta l'Unione e tutti i suoi Stati membri e pertanto accogliamo con favore l'inserimento della lotta alla criminalit脿 organizzata tra le priorit脿 della Presidenza del Consiglio. E le nuove proposte della Commissione su scambio di informazioni fra autorit脿 di contrasto, antiriciclaggio e confisca sono senz'altro passi decisivi perch茅, come insegna l'esperienza italiana, cooperazione e contrasto patrimoniale sono essenziali.

Ora per貌, come pi霉 volte richiesto, dobbiamo essere ancora pi霉 ambiziosi e superare la decisione quadro 2008/841, che rischia di essere gi脿 un'arma spuntata, in quanto non pi霉 adeguata alle caratteristiche delle moderne organizzazioni criminali che si manifestano ormai come veri e propri operatori economici globali con spiccata vocazione imprenditoriale.

Lo dobbiamo a tutti i cittadini onesti e a quanti, nella lotta alla criminalit脿 organizzata, hanno sacrificato la propria vita, come Rocco Chinnici, mio padre.

听听Moritz K枚rner (Renew). 鈥� Frau Pr盲sidentin! Das Gesch盲ftsmodell der organisierten Kriminalit盲t nutzt unseren Binnenmarkt ganz hervorragend, es nutzt unsere Freiheiten, und deswegen muss Europa auch entsprechend koordiniert handeln. Clan-Kriminalit盲t, organisierte Kriminalit盲t, achtet unseren Rechtsstaat nicht; sie nutzt jede M枚glichkeit, sie nutzt unsere Freiheiten.

Aber der Rechtsstaat muss 眉berall in Europa konsequent durchgesetzt werden, und dazu ist Europa die L枚sung: bessere Ermittlungen durch Zusammenarbeit von Europol, aber auch eine St盲rkung von Eurojust, unserer justiziellen Zusammenarbeit, denn es geht auch darum, dass Strafverfolger Verbrecher auch wirklich verurteilen und hinter Gitter bringen k枚nnen. Das m眉ssen wir mehr tun, mehr Austausch auch der entsprechenden Informationen.

Das ist wirklich schwierig, hier mehr Ressourcen zu schaffen, tats盲chlich besseren Informationsaustausch zu schaffen. Das ist tats盲chlich schwierig. Einfacher ist es, immer nur mehr Massen眉berwachung und neue Gesetze zu beschlie脽en. Aber nicht neue Gesetze oder 脺berwachung fangen Kriminelle, sondern besser ausgestattete Polizisten und mehr europ盲ische Zusammenarbeit. Das ist der Weg, den wir gehen sollten, damit wir konsequent organisierte Kriminalit盲t in Europa bek盲mpfen.

听听Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE). 鈥� Madame la Pr茅sidente, cybercriminalit茅, fraude aux investissements, corruption, trafic des 锚tres humains, le crime organis茅 touche 茅norm茅ment de secteurs, dont celui de la criminalit茅 environnementale, qui s'est hiss茅e 脿 la troisi猫me place des activit茅s criminelles dans le monde. La criminalit茅 environnementale est multifacette. Trafic de d茅chets d'esp猫ces sauvages, rejets ill茅gal de substances, et a souvent des cons茅quences 脿 tr猫s long terme pour la sant茅 humaine, l'environnement, les 茅cosyst猫mes, mais aussi nos 茅conomies, notre s茅curit茅.

Et l脿, c'est le paradoxe. Alors qu'elle g茅n猫re autant de profits que le trafic de drogue, les sanctions sont faibles et l'impunit茅 est souvent de mise. La justice et les autorit茅s comp茅tentes, y compris le parquet europ茅en, doivent se voir octroyer les moyens humains et financiers pour mener 脿 bien la lutte contre la criminalit茅 environnementale. Et si la droite conservatrice veut r茅ellement en faire une priorit茅 dans le cadre de la lutte contre le crime organis茅, pourquoi a-t-elle vot茅 contre toutes les opinions des commissions renfor莽ant la directive sur la criminalit茅 environnementale?

Cette directive est pourtant cl茅. Un peu de coh茅rence ne ferait pas de mal et nous comptons sur l'ensemble des groupes politiques, mais aussi sur l'ensemble des gouvernements pour la soutenir et l'accompagner des moyens n茅cessaires.

听听Joachim Stanis艂aw Brudzi艅ski (ECR). 鈥� Pani Przewodnicz膮ca! Szanowni Pa艅stwo! Przest臋pczo艣膰 zorganizowana jest powa偶nym zagro偶eniem dla wszystkich obywateli Unii Europejskiej. W jednym tylko 2019 roku dochody z przest臋pczo艣ci zorganizowanej osi膮gn臋艂y 139 mld euro. To tyle co 1% PKB Wsp贸lnoty.

Dodatkowe zagro偶enia pojawi艂y si臋 w zwi膮zku z napa艣ci膮 Rosji na Ukrain臋. Napa艣膰 ta stanowi wyj膮tkow膮 okazj臋 dla przest臋pczo艣ci zorganizowanej. Wojna sprzyja handlowi lud藕mi, oszustwom internetowym, cyberatakom, handlowi broni膮 czy kradzie偶y pieni臋dzy przeznaczonych na pomoc uchod藕com.

Handel lud藕mi, wykorzystywanie dzieci i przemyt migrant贸w to grupa szczeg贸lnie gro藕nych przest臋pstw przeciwko 偶yciu i wolno艣ci. W ponad po艂owie przypadk贸w handel lud藕mi wi膮偶e si臋 z wykorzystywaniem seksualnym, w 20% z wyzyskiem pracownik贸w, a w 10% ze zmuszaniem do przest臋pstw.

Cz臋艣膰 z tych przest臋pstw szczeg贸lnie rozpowszechni艂a si臋 w czasie pandemii COVID-19. Przemyt migrant贸w 鈥揹os艂ownie kilkadziesi膮t minut temu rozmawiali艣my na ten temat w tej Izbie. A jak jest to lukratywny biznes dla grup przest臋pczych, to wystarczy powiedzie膰, 偶e ponad 90% migrant贸w p艂aci przemytnikom. Tylko na morskich szlakach do Unii Europejskiej we wspomnianym 2019 roku przemytnicy zarobili ponad 200 mln euro.

Dlatego powt贸rz臋 po raz kolejny: nie wspierajmy tych, kt贸rzy tak naprawd臋 id膮 r臋ka w r臋k臋 z przest臋pcami organizuj膮cymi nielegaln膮 imigracj臋 do Europy.

听听Gunnar Beck (ID). 鈥� Frau Pr盲sidentin! In einigen L盲ndern vor allem S眉d- und Osteuropas machen EU-Subventionen, einschlie脽lich der Coronafonds-Mittel, bis zu 20听% des Bruttoinlandsprodukts aus. Der 800听Milliarden schwere Corona-Aufbaufonds hat zu organisiertem Betrug geradezu eingeladen听鈥� bei Lieferung und Abrechnung von mangelhaften Schutzmasken, Selbsttests, Impfdosen und medizinischer Ausr眉stung, bei gr眉nen Investitionen, illegaler Abfallentsorgung und Migrantenschleppern.

Das Europ盲ische Amt f眉r Betrugsbek盲mpfung OLAF, der EU-Rechnungshof und Europol warnen seit Langem vor solchen Betrugsrisiken. Dennoch bleibt die Mittelvergabe in H盲nden der beg眉nstigten nationalen Regierungen und von den EU-Kontrollmechanismen ausgenommen. Uns als Abgeordneten bleiben viele Informationen vorenthalten听鈥� sogar wer die Endbeg眉nstigten der Gelder sind. Mit Intransparenz und fehlender Kontrolle erkauft sich die EU politische Willf盲hrigkeit. Nicht so anders als Katar.

听听Ivan Vilibor Sin膷i膰 (NI). 鈥� Po拧tovana predsjedavaju膰a, u Hrvatskoj narod ka啪e sve dr啪ave imaju mafiju, ali u Hrvatskoj mafija je preotela na拧u dr啪avu. Shvatila je da ima profitabilnijih stvari od reketa i 拧verca, povezala se s politikom.

艩to je to drugo nego organizirani kriminal kada stavite svoje operativce u dr啪avne institucije i javna poduze膰a, kada vr拧ite sistematsku plja膷ku svega? Kada pokradete svoje autoceste, kada pokradete svoju po拧tu, svoju naftnu kompaniju, svoja brodogradili拧ta, svoje 啪eljeznice. Kada instalirate svoje ljude u pravosu膽e, tu啪iteljstvo, policiju, sudstvo, u zdravstvo i obranu i sve gledate kao na plijen i koristite za svoju kliku uru拧avaju膰i sve te sustave.

艩to je to nego organizirani kriminal kada donosite poseban zakon da preotmete najve膰u kompaniju u zemlji? To je oteta dr啪ava. To je vladavina organiziranog kriminala. To je ono 拧to imamo danas u Hrvatskoj s vladom HDZ-a i Andreja Plenkovi膰a.

I sve to im nije dosta. Nije im dosta pa sada ta zlo膷ina膷ka organizacija krade iz europskih fondova. S otvorene 23 istrage te拧ke 313 milijuna eura kod Ureda europskog javnog tu啪itelja. Koruptivni slu膷aji idu do same Vlade iz koje je nekoliko desetaka ministara moralo oti膰i zbog korupcije.

Moram odavde 膷estitati gra膽anima na gra膽anskoj hrabrosti, na svima onima koji su ih prokazali i pozivam ih da nastavimo i zavr拧imo tu borbu zajedno.

听听Tomas Tob茅 (PPE). 鈥� Fru talman! Kommission盲r, minister! Kriminella n盲tverk och den organiserade brottsligheten 盲r n盲rvarande och aktiv i flera medlemsstater samtidigt 枚ver hela Europa. Detta hotar m盲nniskors trygghet. Europol pekar nu p氓 att den organiserade brottsligheten aldrig har utgjort ett s氓 stort hot mot m盲nniskors trygghet som nu.

I Sverige k盲nner vi tyv盲rr mycket v盲l till detta. Vi har stora problem. Vi har nu f氓tt en ny, moderatledd regering som totalt l盲gger om v氓r kriminalpolitik. Vi har ett svenskt ordf枚randeskap som nu 盲ntligen ocks氓 prioriterar dessa fr氓gor.

Jag vill dock fr氓n EPP-gruppens sida s盲ga till b氓de det svenska ordf枚randeskapet och till kommissionen: Alla de 氓tg盲rder och initiativ som nu diskuteras 盲r bra och v盲lkomna, men mer kommer att beh枚va g枚ras. Vi m氓ste f枚rst盲rka Europol. Vi m氓ste g枚ra Europol mer operativt. Vi m氓ste konfiskera de kriminellas tillg氓ngar. Vi m氓ste mer effektivt stoppa smuggling av vapen och narkotika in i v氓r union. Vi beh枚ver f氓 kontroll 枚ver v氓r yttre gr盲ns. Om vi g枚r detta och forts盲tter att ta initiativ, d氓 kan vi 氓terigen se till att b氓de Sverige och Europa blir tryggare.

听听Vlad Gheorghe (Renew). 鈥� Doamna pre葯edint膬, cet膬葲enii europeni sunt fura葲i zilnic de grupuri infrac葲ionale organizate, de corup葲i, de evazioni葯ti, de re葲ele de trafican葲i, de ho葲ii de lemne, de poluatori, de braconieri.

Ce face Uniunea European膬? 脦n general dezbate.

Ideea Parchetului European a ap膬rut 卯n 2007. Abia 卯n 2021 a devenit opera葲ional.

Prejudiciul din dosarele anchetate 卯n 18 luni dep膬葯e葯te 14 miliarde de euro, dar exist膬 totu葯i partide 葯i grupuri parlamentare aici, 卯n Parlament, care se opun extinderii atribu葲iilor Parchetului European. Nu vor s膬 creasc膬 bugetul Parchetului sau num膬rul de angaja葲i. Mesajul este dat infractorilor: Europa e slab膬 葯i poate fi furat膬, nu-i a葯a?

Nu avem reguli unitare anticorup葲ie, nu d膬m poli葲i葯tilor 葯i procurorilor europeni resursele s膬 pedepseasc膬 infractorii transfrontalieri. Averile uria葯e ale corup葲ilor r膬m芒n neconfiscate, a葯a c膬 vorbim prea mult 葯i facem mult prea pu葲in 卯mpotriva crimei organizate. Iar cet膬葲enii europeni v膬d asta 葯i noi o vom vedea 葯i o vom sim葲i la alegeri, dragi colegi!

听听Bal谩zs Hidv茅ghi (NI). 鈥� Madam听President, the fight against organised crime is a typical area where EU cooperation is a necessary and a good thing. I particularly welcome joint actions and the work of EU agencies in the field of police cooperation. We in Hungary are proud to host CEPOL, the training agency for police officers, which has been doing an excellent job.

When it comes to organised crime, illegal migration is undeniably a big part of the problem. First, it includes international human smuggling networks that organise illegal migration into the EU. Secondly, we also see how dangerous criminals and terrorists take advantage of the lack of border controls very often to enter Europe. And, of course, there is another consequence of uncontrolled and illegal migration: the deteriorating public security situation in many European cities, no鈥攇o zones and the like, with attacks on women and Jews being the most common examples.

We must ensure respect for law and order, effective police cooperation against serious crimes 鈥� be it human smuggling, drugs trafficking, fraud or anything else 鈥� shall remain a top priority on the agenda.

听听Javier Zarzalejos (PPE). 鈥� Se帽ora presidenta, los an谩lisis de Europol son concluyentes sobre la dimensi贸n del desaf铆o para la seguridad que plantea la delincuencia organizada: cinco mil grupos de delincuencia organizada bajo investigaci贸n en la Uni贸n Europea. Una delincuencia que utiliza tecnolog铆a sofisticada, que se organiza en redes con mayor capacidad de penetraci贸n en el tejido social y econ贸mico y que ampl铆a sus actividades: tr谩ficos ilegales, armas, delitos en l铆nea, fraudes de diversa naturaleza, lavado de dinero y conexiones con tramas terroristas. Una delincuencia que adem谩s est谩 incrementando el uso de la violencia.

Quiero hacer referencia, en particular, al agravamiento de la producci贸n y el tr谩fico de drogas, que tiene una enorme capacidad de corrupci贸n de todo el sistema institucional y su impacto en la salud p煤blica 鈥攖ambi茅n la salud mental鈥�, as铆 como a la creciente capacidad de producci贸n de Europa, no s贸lo de drogas sint茅ticas, sino tambi茅n de cultivos ilegales.

Ser铆a conveniente tambi茅n que nos fij谩ramos en la entrada de la delincuencia organizada en el 谩mbito de los delitos medioambientales: un terreno en el que los delincuentes ven oportunidades de negocio. La Uni贸n Europea tiene recursos para dar respuesta a este desaf铆o y, para ello, tiene que movilizar esos recursos. La clave es relativamente sencilla: denuncia, cooperaci贸n y tecnolog铆a dentro de nuestro sistema de libertades al servicio de la lucha contra la delincuencia.

Por eso, tenemos que celebrar la mejora de los instrumentos de cooperaci贸n con, por ejemplo, la propuesta de Directiva relativa al intercambio de informaci贸n entre las autoridades policiales de los Estados miembros, y apelar a que sigamos fortaleciendo el marco normativo y la pr谩ctica de nuestra cooperaci贸n judicial y policial.

听听Nuno Melo (PPE). 鈥� Senhora Presidente, Membros da Comiss茫o e do Conselho, para se combater o crime organizado 茅 preciso dar meios 脿 justi莽a. E, eu pergunto: o que 茅 que pode levar um governo a permitir a prescri莽茫o de crimes e a anula莽茫o de processos que beneficiam eventuais criminosos, em vez de atribuir aos tribunais os meios que lhes permitam fazer justi莽a? 脡 o que est谩 a acontecer em Portugal enquanto falo.

H谩 in煤meros processos que est茫o a ser anulados, porque o governo socialista insistiu numa lei de recolha de meios de prova com recurso a metadados que, sabia, assentava numa diretiva de 2006, que o Tribunal de Justi莽a da Uni茫o Europeia julgara inv谩lida, e depois, previsivelmente, foi julgada inconstitucional no pa铆s. H谩 in煤meros outros processos que est茫o a ser objeto de recursos, porque uma lei de nomea莽茫o de ju铆zes aprovada em 2021, que teria de ser regulamentada pelo governo num prazo de 30 dias, passado um ano e sete meses s贸 teve do governo coisa nenhuma.

Em consequ锚ncia, noticia鈥攕e que as falhas do governo paralisam o julgamento que envolve um ex鈥攑rimeiro鈥攎inistro socialista em casos de corrup莽茫o e h谩 crimes que come莽am a prescrever em 2024. Por seu lado, o diretor do gabinete que coordena a atividade do Minist茅rio P煤blico na 谩rea de cibercriminalidade informou que j谩 foram destru铆dos dezenas de casos de pornografia infantil, tanto durante a investiga莽茫o, como na fase de julgamento, e fica em causa a investiga莽茫o de burlas ou bullying feitos atrav茅s da Internet.

H谩 milhares de crimes neste momento em risco de prescrever em Portugal. Lamento dizer, mas quando isto acontece 茅 o Estado de direito que est谩 em causa. Tudo isto se sabia. Tudo isto foi antecipado.

A prop贸sito, j谩 pedi por escrito a interven莽茫o da Comiss茫o Europeia. Espero bem que a Comiss茫o Europeia, e j谩 agora o Conselho, possam ao caso estar atentos e, se poss铆vel, intervir.

听听Lukas Mandl (PPE). 鈥� Frau Pr盲sidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Es ist wichtig, dass wir hier im Plenum, im Europ盲ischen Parlament, die Bek盲mpfung der organisierten Kriminalit盲t debattieren, denn organisierte Kriminalit盲t ist noch schlimmer als die einfache Kriminalit盲t. Es ist nicht nur eine Straftat hier, eine Straftat dort. Organisierte Kriminalit盲t bedeutet Vernetzung, und organisierte Kriminalit盲t bedeutet, dass immer noch mehr zerst枚rt wird als durch die unmittelbare einzelne Straftat, sondern es wird Vertrauen in unserer Gesellschaft zerst枚rt, und es werden Lebenschancen von Menschen zerst枚rt durch die organisierte Kriminalit盲t.

Die organisierte Kriminalit盲t steht nicht allein. Sie ist nicht nur lokal, regional, national, sie ist nicht einmal nur europ盲isch, sie ist global, sie h盲ngt in unseren Gesellschaften zusammen mit Korruption, und sie h盲ngt von au脽erhalb zusammen mit dem, was Expertinnen und Experten hybride Kriegsf眉hrung nennen. Kr盲fte der Welt, die Europa schw盲chen wollen, die freie Gesellschaften schw盲chen wollen, bedienen sich der organisierten Kriminalit盲t. Deshalb ist auch der globale Kampf gegen organisierte Kriminalit盲t mit einem starken Beitrag der Europ盲ischen Union so wichtig.

Catch-the-eye procedure

听听Mick Wallace (The Left). 鈥� Madam听President, Commissioner, the EU strategy to tackle organised crime in 2021-2025 document opens with the introductory remark that, 鈥榟idden from public view, due to the opaque nature of its activities, organised crime is a significant threat to European citizens, business, and state institutions, as well as to the economy as a whole鈥�. I鈥檇 also argue that hidden in plain sight to all Member States of the European Union is significant financial and white鈥攃ollar crime perpetrated not by organised criminal gangs but by big business and unfortunately at times by state institutions.

Take, for example, in Ireland, the bad bank NAMA, the National Asset Management Agency established by the Irish Government in 2009 following the financial crash to manage over 70听billion worth of loans and property. Now, NAMA, instead of managing these loans and property, sold them at fire-sale prices and engaged in corruption to the highest degree in some of their transactions. Maybe the Commission should tackle the financial crimes of state institutions in their next strategy document.

(End of catch-the-eye procedure)

听听Helena Dalli, Member of the Commission. 鈥� Madam President, Minister, honourable Members, victims of organised crime are local. The fight against organised crime is continental and even global. It takes a network to fight a network. But that idea is at the foundation of our fight against organised crime.

Police cooperation and information exchange are at the very heart of this struggle: in day鈥攖o鈥攄ay police cooperation via EMPACT, the EU framework for police cooperation, which has the disruption of organised crime as one of its priorities, or in police operations supported by Europol, like Operation Desert Light, which took down a super cartel and top criminal bosses.

Since day one of this mandate, we put forward strategies and proposals: to boost police cooperation and information exchange; to follow the money and take it from the criminals to counter drug crime; to take guns out of our streets and out of criminal hands; and to fight trafficking of human beings and organised crime, a gendered crime and a very evil crime, where mostly men targeted especially women and girls, mainly for sexual exploitation, treating them as products to be bought and sold.

Through coordinated EU action, we have very forcefully countered trafficking of Ukrainian women and girls following the exodus of millions of Ukrainian women last year as a result of Russia鈥檚 war of aggression, and successfully with very few concrete cases so far.

Thank you for all that you have said today, and thank you for supporting the fight against organised crime. Everyone deserves to feel safe and thank you for helping make that happen.

听听Jessika Roswall, President-in-Office of the Council. 鈥� Madam President, Commissioner, honourable Members, we are grateful for this opportunity to discuss how we can step up the fight against organised crime in the EU. Many files and different views have been put forward. Clearly there is no silver bullet, no single solution which would put the Union one step ahead of the organised crime groups and organisations. The only way to fight organised crime is to work closely together, coordinating and sharing information between Member States.

On this note, let me highlight some important files in addition to my opening remarks. First, the recently presented revision of the so-called Advanced Passenger Information Directive, API. API data is an important complement to PNR data because it helps law enforcement authorities to confirm the identity of passengers. The Presidency has started discussions, but it is still too early to say if it is possible to reach a general approach at the Council meeting in June.

Secondly, interoperability of justice and home affairs databases will contribute to improving border management and internal security in Europe. The set deadlines to implement each of these databases are very ambitious and had to be postponed on several occasions following the Commission鈥檚 and eu-LISA鈥檚 assessment. The Presidency is monitoring the latest developments in view of preparing for upcoming decisions on the way forward for this important programme. A conference on interoperability is taking place in Stockholm this week.

Thirdly, to ensure the effective prosecution of crime linked to several Member States, it is important that criminal investigations and prosecutions can be more easily coordinated to single Member States. This requires clear rules. The Presidency will therefore also prioritise the forthcoming proposal for a directive on the transfer of criminal proceedings, which could be particularly valuable in the fight against organised crime.

Finally, as a lot of speakers have said, organised crime is a cross-border problem requiring common solutions, cooperation and joint actions at the European level. Thank you very much for this debate and thank you for your attention.

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听听Waldemar Tomaszewski (ECR), 谤补拧迟耻. 鈥� Ponia Pirmininke, organizuoto nusikalstamumo rei拧kinys yra ypa膷 pavojinga valstybei ir pilie膷iams nusikaltimo forma, nes kovai su juo reikia panaudoti didelius 啪mogi拧kuosius ir finansinius i拧teklius. Tai taip pat did臈janti problema ES lygmeniu. Visuomen臈 turi teis臋 tik臈tis efektyvi懦 veiksm懦 prie拧 tarptautin寞 nusikalstamum膮 Europos S膮jungoje ir teis臈k奴ros sprendim懦 siekiant geriau su juo kovoti. Vis懦 pirma, reik臈t懦 stiprinti konstruktyv懦 bendradarbiavim膮 tarp 寞vairi懦 institucij懦 ir valstybi懦 nari懦 寞statym懦 leidybos sistem懦. Nacionalin臈s policijos ir muitin臈s tarnybos kartu su ES institucijomis turi atlikti pagrindin寞 vaidmen寞 veiksmingoje kovoje su tarptautiniu organizuotu nusikalstamumu. Ta膷iau nepamir拧kime, kad 拧is veiksmingumas reikalauja suderint懦 veiksm懦 ir gero bendradarbiavimo tarp valstybi懦 nari懦 ir daugelio tre膷i懦j懦 拧ali懦. Taip pat reikia programos, apiman膷ios kelet膮 veikl懦, skirt懦 啪ini懦, standart懦 ir gerosios patirties perdavimui ES 拧alyse. Toks visapusi拧kas bendradarbiavimas prisid臈s prie kovos su organizuotu nusikalstamumu, kuris labai da啪nai yra tarpvalstybinio pob奴d啪io.