Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-14-Speech-3-588-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Maritime piracy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120314.30.3-588-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-14-Speech-3-589-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Peter van Dalen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2012-03-07--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; PECH (2009-07-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; TRAN (2012-01-23--2014-06-30)3 unknown; ChristenUnie (2009-12-11--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Over recent years, the problems with piracy have done nothing but grow. What we are seeing is that more and more ships are being captured, more sailors taken hostage and that the area in which the pirates are operating has grown considerably. The price paid has also increased, in terms of both lives lost and ransoms. Hundreds of seafarers are currently being held captive in camps in Somalia, in a situation that you and I would hope to never find ourselves. It is thus high time to adopt a more robust approach to piracy. This, I believe, involves four elements. 1. The Member States really need to pull out all the stops to free captive sailors and, for me, that also includes targeted actions on the Somali coast. 2. The Member States of the EU now, for once, need to agree to the deployment of certified, armed security personnel on board. At the moment, we have a situation where some Member States allow these security personnel, while others do not. The pirates, however, know exactly how these ships sail and follow them precisely, so they know which ships have no security personnel on board. The result is an extra risk for those ships specifically. Thus, while we are dealing with a security risk, we are also dealing with competition. 3. There are indications that those at the top of the piracy gangs are laundering money via banks in Africa and Europe. This means that the security services need to follow these money trails and ensure that the banks involved are dealt with. 4. Somalia is a lawless society. The Commission needs to produce a plan to set Somalia right. For me, Commissioner Piebalgs, there needs to be a little more ambition, and I would like to hear what you have to say in response."@en1
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