Half-year balance sheet: Bundesbank: less counterfeit money in Germany
August 2026, 10:00 PM Again and again criminals manage to circulate flowers, even if they are relatively easy to detect
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August 2026, 10:00 PM Again and again criminals manage to circulate flowers, even if they are relatively easy to detect. (file photo) © Arne Dedert/dpa The downward trend in counterfeit money figures in Germany has continued in the first six months of the current year. In the first half of the year, this resulted in losses of 1.75 million euros. To get counterfeit money under acclaim in this country is comparatively unlikely, on the basis of the most recent figures in the year seven counterfeit banknotes per 10,000 inhabitants.
Furthermore, Increases false 100-euro banknotes in circulation But criminals succeed again and again in bringing flowers among the people. After the decline to about 59,700 counterfeit coins in the second half of 2025, their number increased again by 8.6 percent. In the first half of 2025, there were 36,610, in the second half of last year 31,353.
In addition, In the full year 2025, the counterfeit money numbers in Germany had declined for the first time after three years with a jump in some cases. “There is little counterfeit money in Germany,” said Bundesbank Board member Lutz Lienenkämper. At the end of 2026, the Governing Council wants to select a proposal.
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August 2026, 10:00 PM Again and again criminals manage to circulate flowers, even if they are relatively easy to detect. (file photo) © Arne Dedert/dpa The downward trend in counterfeit money figures in Germany has continued in the first six months of the current year.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn the first half of the year, this resulted in losses of 1.75 million euros.
reliability low1/3 sourcesTo get counterfeit money under acclaim in this country is comparatively unlikely, on the basis of the most recent figures in the year seven counterfeit banknotes per 10,000 inhabitants.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIncreases false 100-euro banknotes in circulation But criminals succeed again and again in bringing flowers among the people.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAfter the decline to about 59,700 counterfeit coins in the second half of 2025, their number increased again by 8.6 percent.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn the first half of 2025, there were 36,610, in the second half of last year 31,353.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn the full year 2025, the counterfeit money numbers in Germany had declined for the first time after three years with a jump in some cases. “There is little counterfeit money in Germany,” said Bundesbank Board member Lutz Lienenkämper.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAt the end of 2026, the Governing Council wants to select a proposal.
reliability low1/3 sources
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