Recruitment of children by organised crime

12.6.2026 B100275/4

Amendment 4

Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution B100275/2026

PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, The Left

Recruitment of children by organised crime

Motion for a resolution

Recital G

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

G. whereas criminal organisations systematically target children in highly vulnerable situations, particularly those facing socio-economic exclusion, school dropout and family breakdown, or children in migration, exploiting their economic insecurity, social marginalisation and lack of awareness of risks;

G. whereas criminal organisations systematically target children in highly vulnerable situations, particularly those facing school dropout and family breakdown, or those who are illegal migrants;

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12.6.2026 B100275/5

Amendment 5

Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution B100275/2026

PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, The Left

Recruitment of children by organised crime

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Urges the adoption of a prevention-first approach and integrated protection systems that are child-centred, gender-responsive, trauma-informed and cross-sectoral, focusing on the early identification of at-risk children, community-based interventions and strengthening families and social services; highlights the positive role of sport, educational associations and community organisations in offering safe, healthy and inclusive environments;

8. Urges the adoption of a prevention-first approach and integrated protection systems that are child-centred, gender-responsive, trauma-informed and cross-sectoral, focusing on the early identification of at-risk children, community-based interventions and strengthening families and social services; highlights the positive role of stable families, sport, educational associations and community organisations in offering safe, healthy and inclusive environments;

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12.6.2026 B100275/6

Amendment 6

Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution B100275/2026

PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, The Left

Recruitment of children by organised crime

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Emphasises that children involved in criminal activities as a result of recruitment must be considered and treated primarily as victims, regardless of their alleged involvement in criminal offences, in line with international standards; recalls that engagement with violent groups is often driven by gradual coercion and group dynamics rather than ideological adherence;

14. Rejects any approach that treats serious child-perpetrated gang crime exclusively as victimhood; stresses that vulnerability may be relevant to sentencing and rehabilitation, but must never result in impunity for murder, attempted murder, bombings, firearms offences, rape, aggravated robbery, extortion, serious drug trafficking or other grave offences;

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12.6.2026 B100275/7

Amendment 7

Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution B100275/2026

PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, The Left

Recruitment of children by organised crime

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15a. Demands a victim-centred approach under which compensation is central to the sentence imposed and to any civil or criminal follow-up proceedings; stresses that victims should not be forced to bear the financial and psychological consequences of crimes committed by minors on behalf of organised networks;

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12.6.2026 B100275/8

Amendment 8

Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution B100275/2026

PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, The Left

Recruitment of children by organised crime

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15b. Calls for compensation orders issued as a result of serious violent or organised crime offences to be enforceable into adulthood and, where possible, across borders until victims have been fully compensated, without arbitrary limitation periods, insolvency abuses or identity changes allowing offenders or networks benefiting from crime to escape having to pay; calls for the EU institutions to support Member States in making child perpetrators, parents or guardians, and any adult relatives, household members, companies, associations or clan-based networks, jointly and severally liable where a court finds that they facilitated, encouraged, financed, laundered, concealed, benefited from or intentionally expected to benefit from the child’s offence;

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12.6.2026 B100275/9

Amendment 9

Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution B100275/2026

PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, The Left

Recruitment of children by organised crime

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Stresses that as part of such cooperation, particular attention must be paid to children in situations of heightened vulnerability, including unaccompanied and migrant children, and access must be ensured to safe reporting channels, guardianship, legal assistance and rights-based cross-border child protection mechanisms;

19. Stresses that such cooperation must pay particular attention to unaccompanied and migrant minors and must help them return to their country to reunite swiftly with their families;

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12.6.2026 B100275/10

Amendment 10

Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution B100275/2026

PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, The Left

Recruitment of children by organised crime

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Stresses the importance of addressing root causes, including poverty, inequality, exclusion, lack of education and exposure to violence and underinvestment in public services; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase financial support for civil society organisations, community-based initiatives, sports associations and educational programmes in areas most exposed to organised crime recruitment, offering credible alternatives to criminal pathways;

20. Stresses the importance of addressing root causes, including mass and illegal migration, lack of education and exposure to violence; calls on the Commission and Member States to consider financial support for civil society organisations, community-based initiatives, sports associations and educational programmes in areas most exposed to organised crime recruitment, offering credible alternatives to criminal pathways;

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