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"en.20051025.23.2-303"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the politician Francesco Fortugno was murdered by organised crime in a region of Italy only a few days ago. That also says a lot about the level of disagreement and difficulties within Europe regarding the fight against organised crime.
I come from a land where judges, politicians and trade unionists have been mown down by Mafia gunfire and where the current president of the region is on remand for having links with the Mafia. I therefore believe that the problem needs to be tackled in all its complexity and that the seizure of assets is pivotal: it is a law that has been very successful in Italy, even though only 1% of the Mafia’s assets has been seized.
I also believe that these assets should be reused for social purposes, thus returning the ill-gotten gains to society. In addition, I do not think that the Mafia and organised crime can be beaten just by military action: it will also take political and social measures. In my view, therefore, there is no point in creating a new European police force, whereas it is appropriate to establish democratic control over the activities of Europol."@en1
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