A new committee is set up to look into mafia-style crime, Hungary responds to EU demands but is faced with new ones, and an EP delegation visits Bangladesh.

Organised crime / Hungary / Bangladesh visit

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Mafia-like organisations seek to control a  growing number of sectors of the economy,

using seemingly legal activities  to launder revenues from murder,

racketeering, drug trafficking  and other serious crimes.

The EP will soon establish  a special committee

to look into the activities of mafias  throughout the European Union.

The decision was adopted  by the plenary last October

and has just been confirmed  by the group chairs.

While the Commission still evaluates  Hungarian concessions

on the independence of the national bank  and data protection authorities

the EP has adopted  a new resolution that goes even further.

Hungary has been placed under  further scrutiny, the EP says,

adding that the EU will examine  the compliance of Hungarian legislation

with not only the letter but also  the spirit of European law.

The EP delegation for relations with the  countries of South Asia visits Bangladesh.

The delegation chair finds that EU money  is brought to good use in the country

that has previously seen  numerous famines and floods.

There are still questions around livelihood,

but the government here is very engaged  in education, for example.

Unlike some countries,  if there is a pilot project,

a project supported by the EU,  and it’s working well,

the government is willing to mainstream it,  which is very important.