Brussels, 25/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Italian Presidency proposes that Member States adopt a "strategy for customs cooperation under the third pillar" (justice and immigration) in order to "better protect the society and the economy against smuggling and fraud, crossborder organised crime and money laundering, and the threat to the environment". The Presidency bases its argument on the fact that "organised crime gives growing importance to customs fraud", and stresses the importance of...