The Deutsche Bundesbank has shelved a prospective cooperative venture with the Central Bank of Bangladesh regarding counterfeit prevention until further notice. This decision was triggered by press reports that Bangladesh is planning to threaten to impose the death penalty for serious cases of counterfeiting.

By 2020, the Bundesbank intends to store half of Germany’s gold reserves in its own vaults in Germany. The other half will remain in storage at its partner central banks in New York and London

In 2012, the Bundesbank detected approximately 41,500 counterfeit euro banknotes. This means that the number of counterfeits rose – albeit from a low level (2011: 39,000) – by around 6.4% on the year.