In revista Eucrim de astazi, 2 august, a aparut un editorial scris de mine despre punerea sub sechestru, confiscarea si recuperarea bunurilor provenite din savarsirea de infractiuni. Revista Eucrim este editata de Institutul Max Planck si este un forum la nivel european pentru dezbaterile privind dreptul penal in tarile UE.
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Today, August 2, the Eucrim journal published my guest editorial regarding the Confiscation, freezing and recovery of assets. The Eucrim journal serves as a Europe-wide forum for European criminal law and is published by Max Planck Institute.
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Editorial poate fi citit aici si mai jos:
„Nothing says more than the figures: $2.1 trillion is the total amount of criminal proceeds generated in 2009 according to UN estimates. Not only does money laundering facilitate corruption, organized crime, and terrorism, but it steals from all EU citizens. At present, less than 1% of the proceeds of crime are frozen and confiscated, proving that dirty money remains in the criminals’ pockets. This is why we must concentrate our efforts on dragging out this money if we ever want to get real results. Otherwise, dirty money will produce new organized crime networks, fund terrorism, or go to the underground economy or into the licit economy through money laundering.
As rapporteur for the draft directive on the freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime in the European Union, I proposed several progressive, groundbreaking measures. The first move of action will give each Member State the ability to immediately freeze property when it can be sufficiently assumed that the criminal acquired the property through illegal means. This is an indispensible measure because it provides for the ability to freeze property before it can be dissipated or transferred into another jurisdiction.
Furthermore, non-conviction based confiscation is explicitly provided including the cases and circumstances where it can be decided. Non-conviction based confiscation means that even in the absence of a criminal conviction, money or any assets could be confiscated where a court is satisfied or convinced that the money or assets derive from activities of a criminal nature. Certainly, the judicial proceedings will follow the requirements of a fair trial. In some Member States, e.g., the United Kingdom or Ireland, non-conviction based confiscation is decided by civil courts, and the State sues the property itself, proving that it was obtained through activities of a criminal nature. In such cases, a prison sentence is not sought by the State whose priority is to stop the dirty money flows. This step is necessary to hamper the cross-border money laundering that can occur during a criminal investigation, and makes a connection between the criminal activity and the property. If we want to disrupt and eliminate organized crime activities, taking the money is much more effective than sending a few people to prison and leaving the dirty money outside.
In addition, Member States’ power to confiscate was increased by allowing extended confiscation of property if it is disproportionate to the lawful income of the convicted person and where the court finds it substantially more probable that the property in question has been derived from activities of a criminal nature than from other activities.
Moreover, the new legislation will fill an existing gap that is continuously being exploited by organized criminal groups: their ability to transfer assets to a third party in order to avoid confiscation. This void will be filled by a provision that allows for the confiscation of property acquired by third parties if they were aware of their illegal origin or had enough elements to be aware of it.
“Follow the money across borders” must be the driving principle if we want to trace the funding of organized crime and terrorism effectively and efficiently. Confiscating criminals’ assets, even where a criminal conviction is not possible, is clearly necessary to recover the proceeds of crime. Therefore, after months of intense negotiations with my colleagues at the European Parliament, I am pleased that on 7 May 2013 the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs endorsed these proposals by a very strong majority. The next step in this dossier is negotiation with the Council. This will not be easy: there are some Member States that would not like to go further than the system currently in place. However, I believe that the public interest in reducing organized crime by taking its money will prevail.
Monica Macovei
Member of European Parliament”
Speram de mult la aceasta lege.Ce folos ca infractorul face 2 ani de detentie daca ramane cu 2-3mil de euro? Nastase e boier pe viata.Si dupa aia tampitii mai i voteaza.Suntem lasi.
Pai dragilor, sa nu le fmic la toti daca astea sunt intamplari adevarate si se pare ca sunt.
Si atunci nu are dreptate dl Pierre Lellouche, secretar de stat francez la Ministerul Afacerilor Europene, care a declarat public că are cel mai mare dispreț pentru autoritățile române și că ”românii nu sunt demni să fie cetățeni ai Uniunii Europene pentru că România este un stat fără onoare”.
Degeaba protesteaza Corlatean daca aici la el acasa joaca soarecii pe masa.
Sa se ajunga ca sa ne constituim in grupuri de reprimare a acestor borfasi si sa-i linsam? Caci daca incepe violenta se va ajunge si la linshaj
confiscarea si recuperarea prejudiciilor ,
este ceva normal si trebuie imediat aplicatä.
totzi mafiotzii romaniei, s-au asigurat ascunzand milioane
pe numele fam, s-au in conturi secrete, trebuie sä
nu sä tzinä cont, cateva luni de puscärie i-au mai repede in calcul
cofiscarea bunurilor, ii va durea mai mult.
B – ecalii nu a plätit nici un sfert din ce a furat si manipulat.”a lucrat ” si cu Hayssam ca si Hrebenciuc
Poate aveti opinie despre ce spun:
Sa presupunem ca se aranjeaza urmatorul smen dintre un guvern care isi asuma o privatizare valoroasa si un complice un patron care pretinde ca vrea sa cumpere ce vinde guvernul .
In cazul in care acesta castiga licitatia si procesul nu se finalizeaza din vina guvernului statul plateste daune . Statul suntem noi. Dar banii nostrii se duc la „pagubit” care-i imparte bine mersi cu cei din guvern care au manipulat si organizat aceasta excrocherie. Nu se poate dovedi nimic si deci ministrii borfasi iau banii, patronul borfas de asemenea si prostul, adica noi, dam banul
E o ipoteza posibila chiar daca improbabila sau cine stie poate probabila?
Eu pot crede ca, asta este tactica USL. Un nou fel de Chegevarism. Un ministru penal este ca lupul paznic la stana.
ANI ar trebui sa capate competente in confiscarea veniturilor nejusticate descoperite, iar constitutia sa nu mai aiba prevederea cu privire la prezumarea dobandirii licite a averilor.