The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 27, July 3, 2005, Article 23

COUNTERING THE COUNTERFEITERS

While searching for the term "koniacker" I blundered
across a document on the web titled "Countering the
Counterfeiters: Counterfeiting, Counterterrorism and
Homeland Security: Finding the Perfect Defense," a
2002 publication of Lancaster University's Centre for
Defence and International Security Studies.

Interestingly, Google found the word no where else
on the web. From the document summary:

"This Memorandum analyzes current and future counterfeiting
threats, most immediately and seriously to the U.S. dollar,
especially the $100 bill. It also puts these threats in the historical
perspective of the centuries old struggle between governments
and counterfeiters. The already urgent need to counter these
threats from counterfeiters has been reinforced by the welcome
success of the American, British and Australian campaign to
liberate Iraq because, in the post-war reconstruction, U.S.
currency reportedly may be used as an interim Iraqi currency."

"With counterfeit-derived resources, terrorists can, in effect,
self-finance. Along with ill-gotten gains from other criminal
activity, this enables hostile groups to recruit new members
and acquire new weaponry."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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