POLICEMAN COUNTERFEITED 2 EURO COINS

A Macedonian policeman, arrested in Kosovo, is suspected of having produced around 2 million counterfeit coins of the 2-euro stamp, the European Union Agency for Cooperation in Criminal Justice (Eurojust) has said. Thousands of coins that were forged by his group ended up in Kosovo.

The 34-year-old policeman, instead of chasing counterfeiters and criminals, turned into a money counterfeiter. The person arrested, on August 4, in Pristina, is from Resnja, North Macedonia. He worked in the Macedonian Police department for fighting serious crimes and organized crime.

Radio Free Europe's sources from the investigation said that the arrested person was part of a network of counterfeiters, but not the "brains" of the operation. His arrest was made after months of planning by the Macedonian and Kosovar authorities, with the support of Eurojust and the European Police Agency (EUROPOL).

The counterfeit money was produced with two machines in a basement in Skopje.

The police also seized two bags of coins. Counterfeiters used six different versions found on the side of the 2-euro coin.

 
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In the joint announcement of the Macedonian and Kosovar prosecutors, it was said that hundreds of thousands of fake coins "produced" in North Macedonia had "flooded" the Kosovo market since last year. But, in the latest announcement of the Central Bank of Kosovo, it is understood that the problem with counterfeit money is even bigger.

This is due to the fact that in a year and a half, the CBK has withdrawn from circulation 2.5 million coins of 2 euros, which reach the total value of 5 million euros.

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