K. whereas international drug trafficking is the main source of profit for organised criminals and mafias, providing the basis for them to establish themselves economically and socially; whereas the EU is both one of the largest markets for drug trafficking (heroin, cocaine, and cannabis) and a producer (more often than not of synthetic drugs); whereas the trafficking also extends to many clearly identifiable non-European production and transit countries, especially in Latin America, West Africa and Asia;

K. whereas international drug trafficking is the main source of profit for organised criminals and mafias, providing the basis for them to establish themselves economically and socially; whereas the EU is both one of the largest markets for drug trafficking (heroin, cocaine, and cannabis) and a producer (more often than not of synthetic drugs); whereas the trafficking also extends to many clearly identifiable non-European production and transit countries, especially in Latin America, West Africa and Asia;

K. whereas international drug trafficking is the main source of profit for organised criminals and mafias, providing the basis for them to establish themselves economically and socially; whereas the EU is both one of the largest markets for drug trafficking (heroin, cocaine, and cannabis) and a producer (more often than not of synthetic drugs); whereas the trafficking also extends to many clearly identifiable non-European production and transit countries, especially in Latin America, West Africa and Asia;

21. Reaffirms that legal immigration will not eliminate illegal immigration completely, and that the reasons for coming to the EU are complex; on that basis, firmly believes that particular attention must be paid to combating trafficking in human beings and to immigrants who are the victims of such trafficking, in particular vulnerable people, including women and minors, with the fight against those trafficking in them becoming a priority for the EU; welcomes the fact that the Commission is to draw up an action plan on the subject, which must take account of the need to cooperate with the countries of origin and ...[+++]transit;

The first step during the transition period would be to establish a working group consisting of representatives of the employer, of unions and of two or three recognized experts in the academic field, in the administration of compensation plans and in the creation of pay databases.

These were, in order of priority : - Priority 1 : reduction of the demand for drugs (with special emphasis on epidemiology, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation); - Priority 2 : national and Community strategies and policies (with special emphasis on policies, action plans, legislation, activities and international, bilateral and Community agreements); - Priority 3 : international cooperation and geopolitics of supply (with special emphasis on cooperation programmes, information on producer and transit countries); - Prio ...[+++]rity 4 : drug trafficking (with particular emphasis on figures on seizures, information and precursor substances); - Priority 5 : the drugs economy (with special emphasis on small and medium-scale drug trafficking, laundering of drug money).