Brussels, 19/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the European Commission adopted an action plan to tackle payment card fraud and the counterfeiting of payment means other than cash, which mainly consists in the organisation of conferences. "Such fraud currently amounts to an estimated EUR 600 million a year in the European Union. Last year fraud grew by approximately 50%", stressed the Commissioner in his communication. Fraud is said to have "mainly concerned payments made by phone or...