Paper trail on euro banknotesIn 2021, cash was seized during a house search in connection with an investigation into cocaine trafficking. Some of the five-euro notes had handwritten inscriptions that provided information on who was coordinating and facilitating the financial aspect of the drug trafficking.The Spanish Guardia Civil submitted this information to Europol, which cross-checked it against the data gathered… Read More
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