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More than 11 million euros and some 2 million dollars in counterfeit banknotes found in illegal printing house

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The Special Prosecution in Bulgaria and the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime have found an illegal printing factory producing counterfeit euro and dollar banknotes. The factory was located in the basement of a hotel in Sunny Beach. Four people were arrested, including the hotel owner. The prosecution said that counterfeit banknotes had not reached the market. This is the largest counterfeit currency printing house busted in Bulgaria in the past 11 years, with extremely modern equipment, the prosecutor added.



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