Let
E be a Banach space that does not contain any copy of
and
\A be a non commutative
-algebra. We prove that every absolutely summing operator from
\A into
is compact, thus answering a question of Pe\l czynski. As application, we show that if
G is a compact metrizable abelian group and
is a Riesz subset of its dual then every countably additive
\A^*-valued
... [Show full abstract] measure with bounded variation and whose Fourier transform is supported by has relatively compact range. Extensions of the same result to symmetric spaces of measurable operators are also presented.