37 arrests in a hit on counterfeiters of high quality €500 fake banknotes in Spain
The action day led to:
- The action day led to:
Europol supported the Spanish authorities in this case from the onset.
- The investigation was triggered in October 2019 by the detection of counterfeit banknotes in several cities in the Spanish province of Grenada.
- The suspects were using money mules to introduce the false currency into the legal circuit through the ATMs of a number of Spanish banks.
- During the action day, Europol supported with technical expertise and cross-checked operational information against Europols databases and the systems of the European Central Bank.