MEPS CREATE ANTI-MAFIA COMMITTEE
March 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has created a special committee of inquiry to probe how organised crime is infiltrating Europe's economy, financial systems and governments and recommend ways of fighting its influence. Committee members will question business, police, judges, victims' organisations and civil society groups. This anti-mafia committee will make recommendations on fighting organised crime, including legislative and policy proposals, within one year. Italian MEP Sonia Alfano said EU "institutions are not going to back down in the face ...
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