Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-21-Speech-4-066"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Organised crime2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000921.3.4-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-21-Speech-4-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:Martine Roure2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; PES (2000-03-08--2002-01-16)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to thank the French Presidency for its very clear statement. Our priority in criminal matters is combating crime, particularly money laundering. France’s request for a joint Council of Ministers for Justice, Home Affairs, Economic Affairs and Finance devoted to combating money laundering, was therefore extremely interesting. Let me also draw your attention, at this point, to the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters to combat organised crime, tabled by the French Presidency in order to remove the obstructions affecting the work of judges. Studies indeed show that impressive amounts of criminal proceeds are amassed by organised crime and reinvested in the world economy. In this way, criminal organisations infiltrate the economic fabric of states and can, if they so wish, destabilise our economies by taking control of commercial companies. Legal and police cooperation is absolutely vital in the fight against organised crime, particularly the trafficking of human beings, the sexual exploitation of children, and money laundering. The Member States must define common penalties and adopt a consistent overall policy. We cannot, however, discuss penalties without discussing crime prevention, and clearly we must implement programmes for educational and information purposes, directed, in particular, at the citizens of our own States but also at the populations of third countries. Criminal organisations can find themselves in a position of strength thanks to the financial operations they carry out in order to launder criminal proceeds. The fight against organised crime is an important undertaking, where we must not fail. The victims expect a great deal of us and this is a challenge we must accept. The Europe we want to build is a Europe of rights. One of these rights is the right to security for all."@en1

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