Spanish police have arrested 14 people in connection with one million euros ($1.1 million) worth of counterfeit 100 euro bank notes which passed undetected by ATMs and other devices."The banknotes produced by the organisation were made by hand, were very high quality, as they used special inks, watermarks and different elements designed to circumvent the detection mechanisms," said Spanish National Police spokesperson Elisa Rebolo on Saturday.
Based in Naples, Rome and Barcelona, a gang of Pakistani origin distributed the bank notes in Italy, France, Greece and Spain, police said.Police said they had arrested distributors at Barcelona airport and the city bus station, in both instances carrying 70,000 euros in counterfeit notes. The police operation involved forces in Spain, Italy and Greece and began last November after large numbers of counterfeit notes were discovered in Barcelona.Police said they arrested distributors at Barcelona's airport and at the city's bus station.
Cae una organización #criminal internacional de origen #pakistaní que producía y distribuía #billetes falsos de 100
— Policía Nacional (@policia) March 2, 2024
14 detenidos en #Barcelona, #Roma y #Nápoles
Habrían introducido en el circuito económico más de 1 millón de
Operación conjunta pic.twitter.com/yY7yuxIHOk
They were carrying €70,000 in counterfeit notes.The gang maintained different, independent offices in various countries, each of them tasked with different parts of the process.
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