German police discovered 16 million fake dollars

The police in Cologne police discovered 16 million fake dollars. The investigation began in October 2006.

As a result, investigators reached one Cologne printing house, as well as several hiding places where fake money was stored. On May 22, 2007, a search was carried out at 21 objects in Cologne, Dusseldorf, Leverkuzen, Bergish-Gladbach, Leipzig and Frankfurta-on-Main.

During the search, 100-dollar fake banknotes were found, the nominal value of which was approximately $ 16 million. This is one of the largest amounts of fake money ever discovered-not even in Germany, but in the world, writes Die Welt (full text on the websiteinopressa.ru ).

According to the German Federal Bank, the quality of fakes is very high. U.S. law enforcement agencies were connected to the investigation. Thanks to the actions of the police, it was possible to avoid a significant number of false dollars in circulation. Only 18 fake bills were put into circulation.

In addition, as a result of the search, materials suitable for the production of fake euros were found. We are talking about films for the manufacture of banknotes with a face value of 50 and 100 euros. Also, 900 g of amphetamine, 600 g of cocaine, 150 thousand cash euros, several units of firearms with ammunition, as well as clean documents of documents were discovered by police.

Three suspects are arrested. These are German citizens aged 56 to 69 years. Two of them had previously served a sentence for making fake money.

In addition, as a result of the investigative actions, it was found that some of the accused re -laid labels on cheap wines and sold them via the Internet at highly high prices up to 3,000 euros per bottle. Fakes were given mainly for French wines.

In 2006, 66% of all fake foreign bills found in Germany were dollars. 100-dollar banknotes are mainly faked. In the world as a whole, counterfeiters still most often fake dollars.