EU CONSIDERS EUROPE WIDE ANTI-MAFIA MEASURES
October 1st, 2012
BY ROBERT STOKES
THE European Parliament's special committee on organised crime is considering whether to recommend a European Union (EU)-wide definition of mafia-related crimes. Other draft anti-mafia proposals going through committee include finally pushing ahead with long-standing proposals to create an EU public prosecutor coordinating the defence of member states' financial interests. Under their current national laws, Italy, the UK and Ireland can freeze criminal assets before convictions are secured, and it is proposed that this should apply EU-wide, with ...
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