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Article: World Printing Organizations Fight Counterfeiting.
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- PR Newswire
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- January 31, 2000
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DENVER and LONDON, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Four of the world's leading printing organizations are collaborating to fight the growing problem of counterfeit documents. Pira International (Pira-UK), the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF-US), the IBFI (US), and the Check Payment Systems Association (CPSA-US), have joined together to co-sponsor the Document Counterfeiting Protection Conference, to be held March 16/17, 2000, in Orlando, FL.
Counterfeit checks cost businesses billions of dollars each year. Retailers routinely redeem more gift certificates than they issue. Bogus professional certificates, birth certificates, proof-of-insurance cards and IDs are ...