EU Committee Recommends Action to Combat Transnational Organized Crime

On October 15, 2012, the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Organized Crime made suggestions for combatting transnational organized crime in the European Union.  The recommendations include an EU-wide definition of mafia-related crimes, the possibility of using asset forfeiture more robustly and using said assets to benefit the community, new rules on public procurement, and the establishment of an EU prosecutor.[1]