Forged documents are printed on a standard colour printer.

(b) Recognizing and detecting fraudulent travel or identity documents

centre and a database in which all technical data on counterfeit euro banknotes will be stored .

On May 1, 1984, Wuornos was arrested for attempting to pass forged checks at a bank in Key West.

Courts hearing allegations of falsified election results generally ignored clear evidence of legal violations.

A co operation agreement has been concluded between the ECB and the European Police Office ( Europol ) on measures to combat threats arising from euro counterfeiting and to enhance and co ordinate assistance in this area provided by either party to the national and European authorities and to international organisations .

BOSTON One does not need to spend a lifetime in the global health care sector to appreciate that substandard or counterfeit drugs are a major public health hazard.

In addition , the police forces have successfully conducted a number of operations to dismantle workshops and seize large numbers of counterfeit banknotes and coins before they enter into circulation .

By identifying areas having a major impact on the production of counterfeit banknotes , South America , in particular Colombia became a major focus for Pericles actions , as were countries neighbouring the EU , including Bulgaria and Romania .

necessary to ensure that counterfeit euro banknotes are retained , when detected , by credit institutions and other entities receiving and handling cash , and subsequently handed over to the appropriate law enforcement authorities . 7 .

But, while this approach would certainly help to catch counterfeits, it would miss the substandard or degraded products made by legitimate firms, which are tested only by the consumer and often at great cost in terms of health risks.

(e) To exchange information with other States Parties on specific means and methods used by organized criminal groups, including, where applicable, routes and conveyances and the use of false identities, altered or false documents or other means of concealing their activities

(d) To exchange, where appropriate, information with other States Parties concerning specific means and methods used to commit offences covered by this Convention, including the use of false identities, forged, altered or false documents and other means of concealing activities

EN Table 1a Counterfeit euro banknotes detected in circulation 2002 2005 Jan Jun 2002 Jul Dec 2002 Year 2002 Jan Jun 2003 Jul Dec 2003 Year 2003 Jan Jun 2004 Jul Dec 2004 Year 2004 Jan Jun 2005 Jul Dec 2005 Year 2005 293442 287459 580901 307000 287000 594000 230534 311925 542459 21965 145153 167118

With regard to protection of the euro banknotes , the EMI Council has agreed to use the copyright symbol on the euro banknotes and , to increase efficiency in combating counterfeiting , to set up a joint investigation centre and a database on counterfeit euro banknotes .

The investigators calculate that the cell, during the two years that has been active in Catalonia, has been able to send thousands of passports to Thailand, where they were falsified and soon distributed to the groups that integrate the criminal galaxy Al Qaida so that its combatants can cross the European borders and the ones of other western countries with total impunity.

In the means of investigation it is emphasized that, for the moment, no data has been found related to the persons arrested in Catalonia regarding the attack of Bombay, although the author of this attack, Laskar e Taiba , has been one of the receiving groups of the passports robbed in Spain and soon falsified in Thailand.

Since early Summer 2003 , the number of counterfeit euro banknotes detected in circulation has stabilised at about 50 000 a month , a level below the pre euro levels , lower than the US dollar and extremely low compared to the nine billion genuine euro banknotes in circulation .