- Title: Kosovo awash with forged 2-euro coins
- Date: 21st September 2023
- Summary: PRISTINA, KOSOVO (SEPTEMBER 19, 2023) (REUTERS) WAITER ENDRIT (NO LAST NAME GIVEN) WORKING IN BAR VARIOUS OF MAN MAKING COFFEE VARIOUS OF ENDRIT POURING 2 EUROS COINS ONTO TRAY HAJZERI HOLDING 2 EUROS COINS (SOUNDBITE) (Albanian) WAITER, ENDRIT, SAYING: “In the beginning (a few years ago when first counterfeit coins appeared on the market) everyone was worried about it, af
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- Keywords: Euro in Kosovo Kosovo currency counterfeit coins fake Euro coins
- Location: PRISTINA, KOSOVO
- City: PRISTINA, KOSOVO
- Country: Kosovo
- Topics: Europe,Currencies/Foreign Exchange Markets,Economic Events
- Reuters ID: LVA001379921092023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:At a cafe in Kosovo's capital Pristina, staff have given up checking whether the 2-euro coins people use to pay are genuine, as such a high proportion are fake and as the high quality of some counterfeits makes it almost impossible to tell.
The number of fake 2-euro coins in circulation has seen a massive increase this year, according to law enforcement agencies.
Police said last year they sent 804 cases to prosecutors relating to money forgery, and 486 so far this year.
In April they arrested a man and a woman trying to bring 10,600 fake 2-euro coins into Kosovo from North Macedonia.
The boss of a parking company says the deluge of fake coins is a major problem.
Kosovo and neighbouring Montenegro are not part of the Euro Zone but nevertheless use the euro as their currency.
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