The LA Times wrote an interesting article earlier this month about the high-volume of counterfeit US currency being created and distributed out of Peru. You can read the article here: U.S. officials troubled by fake currency flowing from Peru — latimes.com Posted using ShareThis
The U.S. Secret Service has an interesting press release in which they discuss a bust earlier this year. http://www.secretservice.gov/press/GPA04-09_Peru-CFT.pdf Interesting pictures of the equipment they used and the plates.
In discussions with our friends at the Secret Service, we have learned that these advanced notes are nearly undetectable by the naked eye, and that the “currency detector pens” are unable to detect these Peruvian “super notes”.
However, the Peruvian counterfeits do not have a fluorescent UV feature. While the counterfeit notes DO have a security “strip” with accurate micro-printing, the strip does not fluoresce under long-wave UV light.
Our experience has shown that counterfeit notes almost NEVER have a fluorescent feature. When they do, they are typically not accurate.
