A total of 571 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in Cyprus in 2024, marking an 11 per cent decrease compared to the previous year, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC ...

The level of counterfeiting of national currency banknotes according to the results of 2024 has experienced a moderate increase compared to the extremely low indicators of 2022–2023 and has approached ...

New versions of the 100- and 200-euro banknotes have more anti-counterfeiting features and a slimmer size that should make them easier to fit into wallets and purses. A loupe enlarges one of the new ...

The Central Bank of Ireland is dismissing suggestions that Europe will be flooded with counterfeit notes next January. A report from London yesterday suggested that criminal gangs are planning to cash ...

Gardaí in Kildare are investigating the first reported use of a forged euro note in the country. The note, a €10 coloured photocopy of an original, was passed off in a supermarket in Straffan ...

The figure marks a substantial rise on 2002, when 7,241 counterfeit notes, worth €277,000, were detected for the entire year. According to statistics published by the EU police agency, Europol, 8,896 ...

265,000 counterfeit euro banknotes have been removed from circulation in the first six months of this year. The European Central Bank has said that 97% of counterfeits were discovered in euro-zone ...

A toy €100 note is being treated as counterfeit currency after it was used to buy a sandwich in Northern Ireland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the note - which is carries an ELC ...

The number of counterfeit euro banknotes seized last year fell by 12.7 per cent, according to new data from the European Central Bank. The ECB said 751,000 notes were withdrawn from circulation during ...

Detection of counterfeit euro bank notes increased in the second half of 2007 from the first six months, with 296,000 fake bills withdrawn from circulation according to figures from the European ...