Alexander Kuranov. Slovak law enforcement authorities in cooperation with colleagues from other countries were detained 4 foreigners, prepared in the printing of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the production of counterfeit banknotes are in denominations of 20 and five hundred euros worth about half a billion euros, said on Thursday correspondents Vice-President of the police of the Republic of Milan Luchansky.

" The detainees have established first contacts with the printing press in the 1st of Czech cities, which was delivered on paper already contained special protective elements of banknotes, said Luchansky.- The final part of the production lievre had to happen in one of the printers of Bratislava. Semi fakes from the Czech Republic to the Slovak capital, was obliged to deliver a special messenger with armed guards ".

According to Luchansky, the original sample prints the Euro in the Czech typography were the criminals to their liking, and they began to prepare for the launch of production in Bratislava. Sales totaling about half a billion euros expected to build through an extensive network of couriers in the States of Western Europe, the Baltic States and Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

at the last moment the Czech printers have decided not to cooperate with criminals, and all stated to law enforcement that for further development of this case made them So-called" secret witnesses ". But once One of the printers was abducted by criminals, General of the police of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Italy all the gang members were caught. One of them, Sergio Giovanni G., was a senior leader of the Italian mafia.

As said Luchansky, in order to detect accomplices gangs in other countries of the interstate relations between the European law enforcement on this case continues.

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