ORGANISED CRIME PROPOSAL
January 1st, 2005 Keith NuthallORGANISED criminals found guilty of committing economic crimes or laundering money would be sent to jail for at least four years in any European Union (EU) country under a new European Commission proposal. It wants EU governments to legislate minimum sanctions for any organised crime, which Brussels defines as any criminal conspiracy involving as few as two people. The Commission has also proposed that criminal records are circulated around the EU, and that convictions in one member country are recognised in another. This would ensure the "efficient, ...
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