The European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled a new "state-of-the-art" €50 bill on Tuesday. A German police union said criminals would find a way to forge it.
More than one in three Germans has bought prescription medicines without a doctor's script, according to a study released Tuesday that reveals the scope of Europe's counterfeit pharmaceutical trade.
The number of fake euro banknotes seized in the second half of 2009 was eight percent higher than in the first six months, the Frankfurt-based European Central Bank said on Monday, continuing a trend that began in late 2007.