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COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Counterfeit currency was seized in 77 countries.

CONT

In 1991 government agents detected between $6 million and $8 million worth of counterfeit currency created on reprographic equipment, a needle in a haystack compared with the $265 billion handled by the Federal Reserve System in the same year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

Des contrefaçons ont été saisies dans 77 pays.

Spanish

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