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"Madam President, I am very sorry to say that slavery and human trafficking still continues, 230 years after the abolition of slavery in Europe. Terrible injustice continues to be done, primarily to women, who even today, now, while we are debating in the European Parliament, are being forced, by threats of blackmail, beatings or even – for those who dare to disobey – death, to provide sexual services in the wealthiest countries of the European Union. They are denied human dignity and often the forces of law and order in the individual countries throw up their hands and pretend that the problem does not exist. This is a terrible shame, to put it mildly, and for this reason we should take all necessary steps to enable effective remedial measures to be taken.
First of all, this type of behaviour should always be classified as falling within the category of organised crime. Secondly, it should attract sentences that are appropriately severe, more severe than for ordinary criminal activity, as criminals supported by gangs constitute a greater threat, are able to cause more damage and have a feeling of impunity. Thirdly and finally, a system of extended confiscation should be introduced in all European Union Member States in order to remove the motive and raison d’être for organised crime in human trafficking, which is to earn money from the harm done mostly to women, but also to children. All of the above actions, carried out together and in a coordinated manner in individual European Union Member States, and also coordinated by the European institutions involved, could deliver results, but only if they are undertaken multilaterally and only if they are carried out decisively and consistently, an approach that so far has been lacking.
The media are always reporting terrible stories of women from Eastern Europe or from the developing world who are tricked into coming to countries in Western Europe with promises of honest work and then undergo nightmarish experiences, beatings and sometimes death. We must put an end to this and we must protect the victims of these crimes. We must act firmly and resolutely."@en1
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