on
investment migration, the Parliamentary Assembly invites the Committee
of Ministers to engage in co-operation with the European Commission
with a view to working with the member States concerned in order
to phase out the practice of granting residency status or even citizenship in
return for the payment or investment of a sum of money; and, in
the meantime, to take all necessary precautions in order to prevent
the entry of persons posing a threat to public order and to ensure
the departure of any such persons who have already entered a member
State under such schemes. The Assembly further emphasises the relevance
and importance of several Council of Europe treaties in this context,
in particular:
1.1 the European
Convention on Nationality (ETS No. 166) and the Convention on the
Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and on Military Obligations
in Cases of Multiple Nationality and its protocols (ETS Nos. 43,
95, 96 and 149);
1.2 the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search,
Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing
of Terrorism (CETS No. 198) and the Convention on Laundering, Search,
Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime (ETS No. 141);
1.3 the European Convention on Extradition and its protocols
(ETS Nos. 24, 86, 98, and CETS Nos. 209 and 212), the European Convention
on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and its protocols (ETS
Nos. 30, 99 and 182) and the European Convention on the International
Validity of Criminal Judgments (ETS No. 70);
1.4 the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in
Tax Matters and its protocol (ETS No. 127 and CETS No. 208) and
the European Convention on the Obtaining Abroad of Information and
Evidence in Administrative Matters (ETS No. 100);
1.5 the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No. 173)
and the Civil Law Convention on Corruption (ETS No. 174);
1.6 the European Agreement on Regulations governing the Movement
of Persons between Member States of the Council of Europe (ETS No. 25).
