Funny Money Going to the Dogs
The advancement of digital technology, with computer scanning capability and high-resolution printers, has made production of large quantities of counterfeit currency relative childs play. Virtually anyone anywhere in the world can do it, and in a very short time. But counterfeiting is one of the oldest crimes in history. The United States Secret Service was established back in the 19th century at the end of the American Civil War as a remedy to the fact that one-third to one-half of all the currency flooding the nations market was fake.
Today in the 21st century, the Secret Services role has expanded to include aggressively pursuing American money counterfeiters and traffickers internationally. The crime of currency counterfeiting is once again on the rise and poses a potentially serious threat not only to the nations economy but world economy as well. Fortunately, the Secret Service has developed a new super-powerful weapon against bogus bill manufacturers: the sense of smell.
Well, perhaps its safer to say that weapon really isnt all that new; in fact, its long overlooked but now newly appreciated. And most people (i.e.,...