Large Lithuanian Euro counterfeiter ring smashed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3994789.stm

Eleven men have been charged in Lithuania with masterminding what
is believed to be Europe's biggest ever euro counterfeiting
operation. ...

Forged banknotes worth at least 9m euros ($11.6m) were seized.

Investigators said the notes were of such high quality that they
could not be distinguished from legitimate currency with the naked
eye. ...

The notes seized amount to the total of fake European currency
destroyed in the first three months of this year.

I find it interesting that it's called "biggest ever euro
counterfeiting operation", but the 9 million Euros seized were equal
to the "total of fake European currency destroyed in the first three
months of this year". So counterfeiting doesn't look like a massive
problem to me.

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