HUMAN TRAFFICKING MONEY LAUNDERING FEATURE
January 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
OUT of 60 recommendations made in a report last December by the European Parliament on strategies to prevent human trafficking only one specifically mentioned money laundering and even there the message was essentially "carry on as before" and "keep your eyes open". The MEPs called for "continuing action to be taken against the laundering of the proceeds of trafficking," merely noting that "consideration be given, if necessary, to strengthening the existing legal provisions." Many of us would argue that the ...
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