Brussels, 27/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - At the start of next week, the European Commission is expected to publish its 2003 annual report on combating fraud. 2003 was characterised by an improvement in the situation regarding structural activity - the number of cases notified by Member States fell from 4656 in 2002 (see Europe of 19 July 2003 on the details of the 2002 report) to 2487 in 2003, and the sums involved also slumped, from EUR 614 million in 2002 to EUR 482 million in 2003.
The...