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dcterms:Date	"2014-03-11"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Sir Graham Watson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the new rules on money laundering will make it harder for fraudsters and organised criminals to spend their dirty money. It is important that we have EU measures in place to tackle the cross-border element of such crime efficiently. This proposal is bold; for the first time we ask companies to reveal publicly who stands behind them. Such a measure will, in particular, help businesses to help identify who their counterparts are, judge if they are reliable and trustworthy and help them identify seemingly anonymous shell companies. The proposal also asks Member States to hold information about those who stand behind trusts; this measure is important especially in relation to opaque offshore establishments hiding in tax havens or non-cooperative jurisdictions. The OECD has recently developed standards which will require countries automatically to report to their home companies those people who stand behind such trusts, and that will help us tackle a serious problem. I am surprised that my Labour and Green colleagues seek to make no distinction between low-risk trusts and high-risk trusts or those offshore. Their proposal as it stands calls for the publication of delicate details, including trusts for vulnerable people, in a central registry accessible to all. This has serious data privacy implications, particularly in Britain, where such trusts are commonplace. Moreover, it is perverse that amendments should be adopted to treat gaming on line differently from gambling in casinos. This measure is a good one, and we will vote accordingly, including in view of the amendments we disagree with."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Liberal Democrats Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Graham Watson (ALDE ). -"1
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