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"Madam President, tomorrow we will be taking a vote on a very important directive to combat the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. These violations must stop and I therefore support the proposal. I would call your attention to three points.
Firstly, cooperation. Criminal gangs which are involved in child pornography and sexual exploitation often work across borders. By working together, the police and judicial authorities will be able to map the whole chain of their evil activities. We need penalties which will apply to all aspects of their work. Obviously, international criminals will always mendaciously claim that they operate in relatively small gangs, in order to minimise their role, but we need to debunk that myth. After all, criminals are responsible for human trafficking, they are ruthless and work across borders.
Secondly, victim support. Last week, together with Mr Buşoi, my Romanian colleague, I organised a meeting on human trafficking and sexual exploitation, which was also attended by aid organisations from Western and Eastern Europe. They help women and children who are victims of sexual exploitation. They are doing this because various authorities responsible for this are failing to do much. In countries such as Hungary and Romania, women and children who are victims do not always receive proper support. However, Article 18 of the draft directive says that Member States ought to help underage victims. Several women’s shelters in Central and Eastern Europe are full of young girls, sometimes younger than 16. I call on the Eastern European Member States to heed the directive and take victim support seriously, and on the Commission to ensure that such support is, indeed, provided.
Thirdly, prevention. There is very little mention of it in the directive and, so, we need to make a lot of improvements on that score. I support the rapporteur who has called on national authorities to do more work on prevention. My question to the Commission is: how are Member States going to report on their prevention programmes?"@en1
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