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Mr President, organised crime is, in actual fact, a real scourge for our societies and our constitutional states. It has become so widespread that we need to put in place effective tools to counter it. This draft directive comes within the framework of strengthening European judicial cooperation. It is based on two fundamental principles that we want to see strengthened: mutual recognition and harmonisation with regard to how crimes and punishments are defined. International crime has networks throughout the world and it is very difficult to combat them because they are generally based outside the EU in countries in which it is difficult to enforce the law and which are plagued by corruption and destabilisation. Terrorism is very often funded and encouraged by organised crime.
We have therefore enhanced the definition of aggravating circumstances so that it also includes mafia-like criminal organisations linked to terrorism and to trafficking in human beings. We have a great deal of difficulty in understanding how this cross-border crime operates, as our law enforcement agencies are themselves national bodies and work within their own borders.
The European Union has Europol, a fundamental tool in the fight against organised crime. That is why we want Europol to become an EU organisation under the democratic control of the European Parliament.
We also have another tool known as Interpol, which is located in my hometown of Lyon, in France. It is unfortunate that the relationship between Europol and Interpol is not clearly defined. For each country individually to fight against organised crime on its own soil is an aberration. It is imperative for the Member States quickly to coordinate all of their actions in order to increase their effectiveness. As far as criminals are concerned, there are no borders.
The draft framework decision therefore constitutes a move towards closer cooperation but, in my opinion, this is still not enough. Our police forces and intelligence agencies need to have simple and effective instruments. This is a real challenge for our Union and a real challenge for our values."@en1
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