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The British government has to take the 500-euro Euro banknote out of . Not many British people or visitors to Britain will notice this change, unless they are . The bill is worth about $630, so it is very to criminal gangs. They use it to launder money or to transport large sums of money. This will have a big on organized crime in Britain. It used to be easy for them to take huge of cash into Britain. A million dollars in €500 notes weighs just 2.2kg. That’s very easy to carry on a plane. The same amount in £50 notes weighs 22kg, which is the limit for a suitcase in economy class. A spokesman said “the €500 note is a comfortable choice” for criminals, but now the ban means their “ zone” has gone.

Britain's Serious and Crime Agency (SOCA) said 90 per cent of the €500 notes in the U.K. was being used for purposes. A spokesman said there was no “ use for the €500 note in the UK” and that “easy access to them in the UK is a key enabler of criminal ”. He added the notes allowed criminals “to move large of cash effectively". The €500 note is currently the second largest value in the world. The most bill is the 1,000 Swiss Franc note, which is worth around US$900. None of these bills can to the note former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson introduced in the 1930s. His $100,000 bills were for certificates for people who gold. In today’s money, one of these notes would be $1.6 million.


 


 
 
 
 
 
 
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