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29 March 2024

Fake currencies busted in Dubai: Top quality?

Dubai has dealt with 14 fake currencies cases from the beginning of this year till the end of September (Muna Ahmed)

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By Muna Ahmed

Fake euro and US dollar notes topped the list of fake currencies confiscated in the emirate, according to Dubai Police.

Speaking to Emirates 24|7, Lt. Col. Abdullah Rashid Abdullah, Director General of the Commercial Crime Department at Dubai Police said that they had witnessed 14 fake currencies cases from the beginning of this year till the end of September.

“These cases varied for different currencies, and generally, majority of fake currencies, which were confiscated were either US dollars or euros. This is because of the number of countries that uses these two currencies particularly.”

Lt. Col. Abdullah pointed out that they are working hard to bust all kinds of fake currencies as the country builds good economic and trade relationship with others and it will not allow any kind of fraud or cheating.

“We don’t have gangs which print the fake notes here in the country. All the fake notes are smuggled into the country to be re-exported. Most of the fake notes can be easily discovered by the experts.

“The fake currency which is of top quality is the Indian rupee, but still our experts can find it out easily.”

He mentioned that this kind of crime mainly originates in Eastern Europe.

“We have strong cooperation with different parties in the country and abroad, and we receive information about such crimes all the time. We are working hard to fight such crimes and bust the criminals.”