Meanwhile, in terms of discovering counterfeit banknotes, based on records of Bank Indonesia and the National Police, as many as 549 counterfeit banknotes were discovered on the Riau Islands up to September 2014, which is far lower than the amount seized last year totalling 1,666 banknotes.
Marked increases in available global capacity were engendered as a number of countries that were previously members of the autarchic Soviet bloc opened to the West, and as many emerging-market economies blossomed. Reductions in Cold War spending in the United States and around the world also released resources to more productive private purposes.