National Police officers in Real de Gandía, Valencia, have seized more than €8 million in counterfeit €500 notes, the largest amount ever seized within the European Union. The forgers had set up a sophisticated laboratory on an industrial estate in Real de Gandía.
Huge shipment of counterfeit goods from China siezed in Algeciras port
The Guardia Civil and the Agencia Tributaria (Inland Revenue) have seized more than 230,000 counterfeit items valued at over €200 million in what is the largest operation of its kind ever carried out in Spain.