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Verbatim report of proceedings
Wednesday, 16 April 2014 - Strasbourg Revised edition

Fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (A7-0251/2014 - Ingeborg Gräßle, Juan Fernando López Aguilar)
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  Diane Dodds (NI), in writing. - As an MEP for Northern Ireland, a region of the UK blighted by organised crime led by republican terrorists on the border with the Republic of Ireland, I welcome this focus on tackling fraud across Europe. However, it is completely unacceptable that this, or any other, institution of the EU should pursue a fascination with harmonising criminal law. Member States should retain complete sovereignty and flexibility over powers of criminal investigation and the type of punishments handed out to those convicted of fraud and other forms of organised crime. It should be for national courts to decide these penalties and our judges should not be constrained by the ill-thought minimum provisions set out by Eurocrats here in Strasbourg. I am glad that this report included an amendment accepting so. Ultimately, while cooperation is important, it should be national agencies such as the National Crime Agency in the UK – and support for those investigative bodies – that should take forward the aim of combating organised crime.

 
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