# Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes

European Parliament procedure 2023/0438(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 10th term, committee BUDG / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 301 committee amendments tabled by 39 Members between 2025-03-20 and 2025-03-24.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns enhancing police cooperation and Europol's support to prevent, detect and investigate migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings. The amendments, including proposals to reject the text, revise recitals on Europol, the European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling, distinguishing smuggling from trafficking, victim protection and fundamental rights, inter-agency cooperation with Eurojust and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and personal-data processing and transfers to third countries.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskia BRICMONT | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 78 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197470.md |
| Ilaria SALIS | Italy | GUE/NGL | 57 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257127.md |
| Cecilia STRADA | Italy | S&D | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257101.md |
| Alessandro ZAN | Italy | S&D | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257106.md |
| Thijs REUTEN | Netherlands | S&D | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/218347.md |
| Murielle LAURENT | France | S&D | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256899.md |
| Emma RAFOWICZ | France | S&D | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256902.md |
| Matthieu VALET | France | PfE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256875.md |
| Fabrice LEGGERI | France | PfE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256872.md |
| António TÂNGER CORRÊA | Portugal | PfE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257050.md |
| Alexandre VARAUT | France | PfE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5736.md |
| András LÁSZLÓ | Hungary | PfE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256860.md |
| Jan-Christoph OETJEN | Germany | RE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197432.md |
| Hilde VAUTMANS | Belgium | RE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/130100.md |
| Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ | Slovakia | RE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257014.md |

## Official source documents

- PE770.286: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-770286_EN.pdf
- PE771.902: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-771902_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2023-0438-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2023-0438-COD.json

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