Brussels, 25/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday 25 February, the MEPs toughened the proposed directive presented by the European Commission aiming to freeze and confiscate the assets of organised crime groups, in order to cut their profits and their funding streams.
In their adoption (631 votes in favour, 19 against and 25 abstentions) of the report by Monica Luisa Macovei (EPP, Romania), the European Parliament is calling for the member states to allow goods of...