Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-13-Speech-1-050"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mutual assistance in criminal matters2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001113.5.1-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-13-Speech-1-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Mihail Papayannakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Synaspismos tis Aristeras kai tis Proodou (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, allow me to start by congratulating our rapporteur, Mr Marinho. I think that his analysis is extremely accurate and shows us how we really can make headway in combating the laundering of what we call ‘black’ or ‘dirty’ money. I would remind the House that we aim to use this policy to fight organised crime, i.e. drug smuggling, trafficking in women and children and many other wretched activities which have a terrible impact on society as a whole, even – and I say this somewhat cynically – the economy itself, in that it is generally acknowledged that this money increases the money supply and often destabilises monetary policy. The rapporteur is quite right in saying – and I too should like to say – that, having opened our borders, albeit for other reasons, to organised criminals, we must also open our borders to the bodies – i.e. the police and the courts – responsible for pursuing them. And, of course, we must do so on the basis of a common definition of what crime is and of what methods it uses, so that it cannot flee from one country to another, at least not for purely procedural reasons. The way forward, as Mr Marinho says – and I agree with him – is communitisation. Obviously, because that takes us the way of parliamentary and democratic control. However, there are still a great many issues outstanding, even if we accept everything that has been said so far. There are many serious issues outstanding. What I mean is this: there are countries today in the European Union which tolerate or even take advantage of strange situations, offshore companies, strange banking regulations and other such things and they do not inspire me personally with any confidence that what we agree will be implemented. Political unification, political control may be what we need to resolve these questions and, by extension, the reviews and harmonisation of the laws governing these issues. These are issues which require institutional changes which, unfortunately, not even Nice will make."@en1

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