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Police have prevented a forgery racket from dumping an estimated 1.8 million euros of bogus banknotes into circulation after raids in the western port of Patra and central Athens.

As of today, BDZ - Passenger Transport EOOD and Information Services AD are putting into operation the full functionality of the ticketing system, which includes the possibility to buy tickets online for all trains on the territory of the country, the company announced.

Turkish police on Aug. 1 seized $15 million in counterfeit banknotes in Istanbul, security sources said. 

The new 100 Leva banknote that the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) put into circulation on 28 December 2018 appears to be more secure than the euro.

A new banknote with a nominal value of BGN 100 / about 51 € / from 2018 is in circulation today, reported the Bulgarian National Radio. 

It will be valid along with the old one, which was issued back in 2003. The Bulgarian National Bank reported that the release of the new series is necessary for raising security.

A boom of fake banknotes in Bulgaria during the holidays, NOVA reports.

Experts warn that during the big shopping in Christmas and New Year there is the greatest risk of getting fake money in your wallet.

In most cases, they are banknotes of BGN 20.

Counterfeits are even coins. The Central Bank started replacing the levs with new, more protected series.

Bulgarian police busted fake money printing factory for US dollars in Varna, reported bTV. 

Policemen detained three people who have been charged, the Interior Ministry said.

A total of about $ 1,350,000 have been seized from the printing factory, some of them were not even finished. 

A burglar who broke into a supermarket and stole only coins has puzzled some locals in the eastern province of Sivas, who wondered why he did not even touch the banknotes and valuable items around. 

Bulgaria's Specialised Prosecutor's Office and the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime disrupted a fake money printing factory, located in the basement of a hotel in Bulgaria's seaside resort of Sunny Beach. Four people were detained, including the hotel owner, who, according to the investigators, is also part of the criminal group.

An Algerian jeweler, who has illegally smuggled 290 banknotes worth 144,200 euros in his anal canal, has been sent to his home country after undergoing surgery in Turkey.