Items seized include a “large quantity” of fake documents, stamps, equipment used in producing counterfeit documents and “extremist literature.”
No photos or names of any of the 14 detainees have been released, however the FSB did report that the group was active in the Moscow region.
“It should be noted that the participants used means of intense secrecy, non-disclosure showed by their frequent changes of residence, the use of secret communications, including software that hides user data when using the Internet,” the FSB reported.
State news agency Itar-Tass confirmed the reports and published what appeared to be video from the operation. The search for more operatives linked to the suspected counterfeiter cell is ongoing.
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