Brussels, 28/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 24 October, in Luxembourg, the EU Council of Ministers adopted a framework decision aimed at stepping up the fight against organised crime in the European Union. The aim of the decision is to facilitate mutual recognition of legal rulings and decisions of a transnational dimension by defining infringements relating to participation in a criminal organisation. The text adopted contains a definition of the notion of “criminal organisation”,...