France has recorded the highest number of counterfeit euro banknotes, originating mostly from eastern Europe, Italy and Colombia.
In the first half of 2006, 30 percent of the total number of 300,000 fake euro notes withdrawn from circulation were discovered in France, UK daily The Independent reports.
French police say European counterfeiters seem to have cracked the sophisticated security code used for euro bank notes.
The introduction of the euro in 2002 originally led to...
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