 Today some of the finest counterfeit banknotes are called "Superdollars" because of their high quality and likeness to the real U.S. dollar.There has been significant counterfeiting of Euro banknotes and coins since the launch of the currency in 2002, but considerably less than for the U.S. dollar.Money laundering is the process in which the proceeds of crime are transformed into ostensibly legitimate money or other assets.