Brussels, 16/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - The number of false euro banknotes in circulation fell by 19.3% in 2011 on 2010, announced the European Central Bank (ECB) on Monday 16 January 2012, thus confirming the downward trend seen in recent years.
In the first half of 2011, a total of 310,000 false euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation. The total number of counterfeit euro notes seized in 2011 is 19.3% lower than in the 2010 figure, but the number of false euro banknotes withdrawn...