24/07/2017 (Agence Europe) – With some 331,000 counterfeit euro banknotes withdrawn from circulation in the first half of 2017, the number of counterfeit notes has fallen compared to the second half of 2016 (353,000), the European Central Bank (ECB) states in a press release dated 21 July. The vast majority of seizures took place within the Eurozone and €20 and €50 notes continue to be the most counterfeited values, representing 85% of the total. According to the monetary institution,...