Iraq ... seized a counterfeit money printing press that printed about 11 million dollars (photos)

Major General Yahya Rasul, spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, announced today, Saturday, that a counterfeit currency printing press has been seized for the currency that printed billions of Iraqi dinars.


In a press statement, he said, "The detachments of the Baghdad Intelligence and Security Directorate, in coordination with a joint security force, managed to seize a counterfeit money printing press in the Shaljieh area in Baghdad."

Iraq ... seized a counterfeit money printing press that printed about 11 million dollars (photos)

He added, "Inside the printing press, counterfeit money estimated at thirteen billion Iraqi dinars (about 11 million dollars) was found, in addition to twenty-three thousand dollars, in addition to special textile paper and a machine used in the process of coloring and cutting currency."


Iraq ... seized a counterfeit money printing press that printed about 11 million dollars (photos)
It is noteworthy that Iraq is going through a financial crisis that has caused a delay in paying the salaries of state employees, as economists warned earlier attempts to "counterfeit" the currency and exploit the country's conditions.

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