U.S. Dollar Is the Most Counterfeit Currency in Belarus

11.08.2010 10:36
Архив Редакция

In the first half of 2010, in Belarusian banks there revealed 483 counterfeit banknotes. Most part of counterfeit banknotes are U.S. dollars (235 notes in total), mostly of $ 100 (87.2% of total amount of counterfeit U.S. dollars). It was reported in the information department of the National Bank of Belarus.

Over the same period of 2009, there were revealed by 15.7% counterfeit banknotes more than this year. Besides the U.S. dollars, banks staff revealed counterfeit Belarusian rubles and five foreign currencies more. All counterfeit banknotes were seized from payment transactions and transmitted to internal affairs structures.

As it was reported in the National Bank, in January — June 2010, in Belarus there were attempts sale 49 counterfeit ruble notes against 73 notes during the same period of last year. The most revealed are counterfeit banknotes of 20 thousand rubles. 50.3% of counterfeits were seized in the city of Minsk and Minsk region, BelTA informs.
 
According to the specialists, the majority of detected counterfeit banknotes were manufactured using general printing and reprography (ink-jet printing and electrophotography). Some part of fakes is classified as «super».

However, as reported in the National Bank, this year, there recorded a decrease in the number of counterfeit U.S. banknotes of «super» class. They are produced using technology similar to technology of genuine banknotes production. It is possible to reveal them examining small details of graphic design of banknotes, as a rule, using technical means of authenticity control. This kind of counterfeit is classified as particularly dangerous, because not every bank employee can immediately recognize such a fake.

Euro becomes more counterfeit, the National Bank

In January — June of this year, there increased the number of counterfeit euro banknotes (23 against 14 over the same period of last year). The experts often reveal cases of counterfeit euro coins. Furthermore, banks staff revealed attempts to sell so-called souvenirs.

The experts also revealed 171 counterfeit Russian rubles notes, what is less than in the first half of last year. Malefactors fake banknotes mainly of 1000 Russian rubles. While counterfeiting banknotes they mostly used ink-jet printing. However, color gamut of counterfeit notes corresponds to genuine banknotes. The relief of paint layer, which is typical for imprint areas, made through metallographic printing technique, was imitated with embossment. Moreover, they imitated luminescence in ultraviolet rays of certain sections of a banknote images with high-quality.

As reported in the National Bank, bank officials recognized with confidence partial fakes, fakes made through general printing as well as through reprography and stop illegal sale of so-called souvenirs. At the same time, employees of business entities do not often check thoroughly the authenticity of banknotes when providing cash services to the population.

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