INDIA CONFIRMS FATF COMPLAINT ABOUT ALLEGED PAKISTANI RUPEE COUNTERFEITING

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA INDIA'S home ministry has confirmed to the Money Laundering Bulletin that it will approach the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) with formal claims and evidence alleging Pakistan's key intelligence agency is counterfeiting Indian currency. A senior official from the ministry said the Indian government would approach the international body in next two to three weeks. "Indian forensic experts have found that the security fibre, printing paper, printing process and pattern, including security features such as window and watermark of ...


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