Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-14-Speech-2-116"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-11-14"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001114.4.2-116"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-14-Speech-2-1172
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	". I congratulate my Socialist colleague, Mr Marinho, for his excellent report on strengthening the fight against international money laundering and organised crime. Crime is one of the greatest concerns of our constituents and many strongly support criminals being put under lock and key. We must be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime so that from Manchester to Madrid, our citizens are safe and are afforded full protection from criminals throughout Europe. Money laundering feeds the trade in drug-trafficking. Existing EU law is clearly not enough to stem the tide of the reported USD 590 billion which is laundered world-wide every year. We welcome the French Presidency's initiative aimed at improving cooperation between national authorities responsible for tackling money laundering and laying down uniform penalties. All Member States should treat money laundering as a criminal offence carrying a minimum sentence of four years' imprisonment. Further measures are being voted on by the European Parliament this week in our efforts to crack down on international crime. We are looking to extend the remit of Europol – the European Police Cooperation Unit – to cover serious international crime. We also want to remove legal barriers which prevent the extradition of suspected criminals accused of money laundering or other related offences involving illicit funds. This will be an important tool in allowing criminals to be tried across Europe. These reports are crucial if the single market is not to become a free market for criminals. The last thing we want is that the single market allows criminals to enter the single market unseen by the back door. These measures drafted by Socialist MEPs are an important step in combating international crime and I urge the House to support these reports."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2000-04-11--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2000-02-16--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2003-05-20)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Titley (PSE ),"1 "in writing"1

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