Our anti-counterfeiting strategy is also a long-term proposition. It contains four elements. The first is to develop bank notes that are ever-more difficult to counterfeit. The second is to increase the routine verification of bank notes by retailers – our regional staff play an important role here by helping in the training of retailers and cash handlers.
The third element of the strategy is to maintain the high quality of bank  BIS Review 113/2009  1  notes in circulation. And the fourth is to promote the deterrence of counterfeiting by lawenforcement officers and prosecutors. Regional staff also play key roles in supporting these last two elements of the strategy by liaising with financial institutions and with lawenforcement agencies.