In a press release, the police informs that nearly 690 million FCFA have been seized. And for good reason, counterfeiting seems to be gaining ground and is now at the top of the crime ladder.

“In total, the police units seized nearly six hundred ninety-five million (695,000,000) CFA francs in counterfeit money and arrested twelve (12) individuals. High-performance investigative tools and the monitoring of flow circuits have thus enabled the police to neutralize these criminal counterfeiting networks that are increasingly using digital technologies,” the press release reads. Faced with this situation, the National Gendarmerie “invites the populations to be more vigilant and genuinely collaborate, for a more effective fight, by reporting any discovery or information relating to this area