SPECIAL MEP’s CRIME COMMITTEE CALLS FOR PUBLIC CONTRACT BLACKLIST
May 1st, 2013
A SPECIAL European Parliament committee has called for all criminals convicted of serious crimes including corruption or money laundering to be banned from tendering for any public contract within the European Union (EU) for at least five years. In a non-binding motion, the EP’santi-organised crime committee also voted for anyone convicted of corruption to be barred from standing for election to public office for the same period of time. The resolution called for mafia membership to be criminalised throughout the EU, and for EU-wide rules to be drafted on how ...
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