BERLIN, June 5 (Xinhua)-- The Central Bank of Germany registered around 91,100 counterfeit euro banknotes in 2017, according to the federal situation report on counterfeit crime released on Tuesday by German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
Around 80 percent of the counterfeit euros were found in payments, while the remaining cases involved police seizures or other non-payment transactions.
These false notes caught in payment transactions in 2017 had a total nominal value of around 4.1 million euros, while the rest had a nominal value around 2.9 million euros, according to the report.
The 50-euro banknotes were the most frequently held ones with a share of around 61 percent of the total falsified banknotes, and 20-euro banknotes taking a share of 19 percent.
The report warned that, due to the relatively simple availability of equipment and instructions for the production of counterfeit banknotes via the Internet and Darknet, it is possible for a larger potential circle of perpetrators to commit counterfeit crime. (1 euro = 1.17 U.S. dollars)
