31 minutes agoThousands of cases of counterfeiting money in Kosovo, police details
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Kosovo is filling with fake money. Only in a residential house in Prizren, counterfeit money worth 230 thousand euros has been found on Tuesday. And according to police statistics, 268 cases of counterfeit money have been reported for the first six months of this year, a figure that for the three years [...]
Kosovo is filling with fake money. Only in a residential house in Prizren, counterfeit money worth 230 thousand euros has been found on Tuesday. And according to police statistics, 268 cases of counterfeit money have been reported in just the first six months of this year, which in the last three years totals over 2 thousand and 50 cases. Pristina, Prizren and Ferizaj are the cities where these cases occur most, while the most forged currency continues to remain at 50 euros' worth.
Tuesday's morning, investigative bodies in Prizren found them at one of the residential houses on the “Rruste Kabashi” street in Prizren.
Officials from Prizren's Constitutional Prosecutorship headed towards this house to conduct raids after information and evidence that illegal activities were under way at this facility.
And they returned not their hands therefrom. In this house, after the raids they found and seized some 230 thousand euros, of which there is doubt that there is counterfeit money.
“Procuroria reports that the raid was carried out under the ordinance issued by the Constitutional Court in Prizren, with cases being the result of the raid being found and seized 229,000 (two hundredths of a thousand) euros in money bills, which there is a suspicion that there is a false money”, the prosecution's announcement said.
But this is not the only case of counterfeit money.
In the Kosovo Police have said that in the first six months of this year, 268 such cases have been reported, which in the last three years totals more than 2 thousand and 50 cases.
Until they say the number of people arrested and the cash seized are different.
“Viti 2017-88 reported cases. The year 2018 -(JANAR – QERSHOR) 268 reported cases, and for the second six months after the end of time and completion of statistics, we can proceed. The number of arrested persons and seized money are different”, the Kosovo Police's responses, writes Express.
This phenomenon came from year to year growing. While cities where money is forged mostly remain Pristina, Prizren and Ferizaj, though other cities are not best.
False money is also often reported to banks and airports.
How disturbing and dangerous for citizens this phenomenon is becoming, a 2016 case shows, when Kosovo police confiscated 2 million and 131 thousand euros. All counterfeit money in Kosovo.
Numerous cases of counterfeiting of money were reported early in the following year.
In the first three months of 2017, 199 cases of money counterfeit were reported. The total value of counterfeit money for this period was 15 thousand and 793 euros.
Kosovo's “as a result of the Kosovo Police's work and commitments regarding these cases have been arrested 18 people who have been involved in such illegal actions, and confiscated money suspected as counterfeiting”, the Kosovo Police Information Office had said.
And from the most forged bills, the banknote of 50 euros is emerging, while more than at least the currency worth 5 euros is forged. That's what it turns out to be the police reports.
For the first three months of 2017, 199 cases of counterfeiting the 50-euro bank account were reported, making it the most counterfeit currency.
In addition, some cases of counterfeiting are for metal money, such as 50 cents and 2 euros.
Or the biggest case of counterfeiting coins since the post-war occurred last year. Police seized counterfeit coins worth over 2m euros
