I would also like so say a few words about how the Commission's work on fighting fraud is organised.

New York needs to take a no-nonsense approach to fighting fraud.

And fighting fraud may be the easy part of bringing the Medicaid budget under control.

The Customs service is trying to bring more sophistication to fighting fraud.

But above all, fighting fraud is an absolute must.

Finally, I hope that in our committee, we will be able to stop fighting each other and get on with fighting fraud.

- It did not strengthen support for those agencies finding and fighting fraud in our financial system.

But the commitment to fighting fraud is tempered by realism over the critical state of the economy.

We shall carefully scrutinise it, to see how serious the Commission really is about fighting fraud.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, 1999 was a year of great progress in fighting fraud.

You need to show the same commitment to fighting fraud as we are within the European Parliament.

We shall have the opportunity of debating other reports on the subject of fighting fraud this year.

How can we avoid lapsing into excessive regulation while fighting fraud effectively?

Texas, for example, has made some recent advances in fighting fraud, which will most likely accelerate the decline in rates.

Fighting fraud is a very delicate matter.

Mr Bösch was obviously right when he said that fighting fraud presents difficulties.

So openness is an effective tool in preventing and fighting fraud and corruption.

Honest consumer and merchants bear the brunt of the costs of fighting fraud.

We should not underestimate our position or our strength when it comes to fighting fraud and pressing the Commission to take measures.

They have been tireless workers on fighting fraud in the European Union since they were appointed.

As Mr Lundgren pointed out, fighting fraud is a very systemic question.

"When fighting fraud, the more deputies you have, the more crooks you can catch."

They argue, too, that the prosecutors and law-enforcement agencies, often confronted with more pressing crimes of violence, lack real interest in fighting fraud.

Instead, the service focuses on areas like deporting felons, shutting down industrial sweatshops and fighting fraud.

A spokesman for the Postal Service said fighting fraud outweighed the right to use "suite" on a letterhead.