Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-12-Speech-1-101"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forced prostitution during the 2006 football World Cup (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060612.16.1-101"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-12-Speech-1-1022
lpv:speaker	lp:Pia Elda Locatelli2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Socialisti democratici italiani (2005-02-18--2008-02-10)3,3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I agree with you that people-trafficking is a modern form of slavery. Unfortunately public opinion, for psychological and cultural reasons, underestimates the seriousness of people-trafficking for the purposes of prostitution compared with, for example, trafficking in drugs or money-laundering. Yet this trafficking is even more hateful and must be fought with greater force and effectiveness. We have proposed certain effective instruments, such as the institution of a European telephone hot line. We know that it is very difficult to secure the agreement of all the telephone companies; but we beg you to persevere, since this is an effective instrument. By the same token, we ask for a harmonised system for data collection, with common definitions, indicators, measures and methods. Lastly, we need clear strategies focused on objectives. The presence of widespread instances of illegal prostitution within Europe’s borders, for example, should not be seen merely as an infringement of the immigration laws but also as an alarm signalling the strength of organised crime. It is for this reason that the issue of people-trafficking should be kept separate from that of immigration and brought back into the question of organised crime. We must, furthermore, act not only on the supply side, by repressing the traffickers, but also on the demand side, by actively discouraging clients and promoting campaigns to sensitise public opinion. We cannot allow people to say, ‘But know nothing about it’. If we allow the problem to be ignored, we shall be talking not of sexual liberation but of criminal oppression. If clients are aware of the situation, they are to be blamed from the standpoint not of bourgeois respectability or moralism but of civic responsibility and objective complicity with the people-trafficking racket. Finally, it is important to enlist the help of the NGOs in breaking up the network of complicity and dependency. They are truly the best possible interlocutors with the victims of people-trafficking. Their role is often undervalued and they are also thwarted at times by the institutional authorities."@en1
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