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葡萄牙警方截获大宗假欧元

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-02-21 08:00 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Portuguese¹ police say they have made the largest ever seizure² of fake euro notes, worth more than 380,000 euros.

葡萄牙警方称，他们没收了一批金额最大的假欧元钞票，价值超过38万欧元。

The 1,901 counterfeit³ 200-euro banknotes were seized in an operation in the northern city of Oporto, police said in a statement.

A 46-year-old foreign man was arrested, police added, but neither his identity nor his nationality have been revealed.

The counterfeit notes（伪币） were "of exceptional quality", officials said.

They are thought to be of a type that has been in circulation for a decade, with specimens⁴ turning up mostly in Spain, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria and Portugal.

This, police said, is the largest batch⁵ found so far.

The BBC's Alison Roberts in Lisbon says it is the second seizure of counterfeit euros this month in Oporto.

Police recently dismantled⁶ a suspected ring composed of five Portuguese citizens, accused of counterfeiting⁷ and passing off 50 and 20-euro notes.

That operation resulted in the seizure of fake notes worth 30,000 euros.

Portuguese police said the euro's growing importance as an international currency had made it an attractive forging target for organised crime in the European Union and beyond.

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1 Portuguese
n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语
参考例句：
They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。 Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

2 seizure
n.没收；占有；抵押
参考例句：
The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。 The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

3 counterfeit
vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的
参考例句：
It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。 The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。

4 specimens
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人
参考例句：
Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。 The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 batch
n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量
参考例句：
The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。 I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

6 dismantled
拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 )；拆卸；废除；取消
参考例句：
The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。 The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。

7 counterfeiting
n.伪造v.仿制，造假( counterfeit的现在分词 )
参考例句：
He was sent to prison for counterfeiting five-dollar bills. 他因伪造5美元的钞票被捕入狱。来自辞典例句 National bureau released securities, certificates with security anti-counterfeiting paper technical standards. 国家质量技术监督局发布了证券、证件用安全性防伪纸张技术标准。来自互联网

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