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A Money Launderer's Best Friend

BY JAN MALLIEN
The European Central Bank has decided to stop printing the 500 note, arguing that
it is the banknote of choice for criminals.
The fate of the 500 note is sealed. At its meeting next week, on May 4, the gover
ning council of the European Central Bank will decide on how to scrap the 500 not
e, Handelsblatt has learned from financial circles.
The bank was unwilling to comment.

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