European Parliament · 18 June 2026

Recruitment of children by organised crime

Amendment

Rejected

This was a vote on one amendment to the text, not on the text as a whole.

167 in favour · 363 against · 36 abstained. 566 of 720 members voted; 154 did not.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

Calls on Europol to strengthen its work on the recruitment of minors into organised crime, including by examining the role of digital platforms, gaming environments and cross-border gang structures
Urges the Member States to prioritise the identification, prosecution and severe punishment of adult recruiters, handlers, family members, gang leaders and intermediaries who use minors as criminal tools
Stresses that minors recruited into organised crime may be victims of exploitation, but that this status must not automatically exclude criminal responsibility where serious, violent or repeated offences have been committed

Quoted from B10-0276/2026, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.