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The article presents information on the European confectioners business. One of the hottest food imports from Italy currently retails in the U.S. stores at $16 per pound. Tic Tac Mints, along with other European mints, Velamints from West Germany, Mentos from Holland and Vikings from Denmark, are the leading edge of a European marketing thrust into the $6.7 billion U.S. candy market. The European confectioners see an underdeveloped territory. Led by Tic Tac's approximately $60 million in sales, the Europeans have taken 20% of the $600 million U.S. mint and hard candy market.

The article reports on an increase in police seizures of counterfeit euros in Europe in the second half of 2007. According to the European Central Bank (ECB), police seizures of counterfeit euros increased by nearly 12 percent, while the number of fake coins seized increased by 30 percent. It is stated that the police have closed two illegal mints in Italy and Spain in 2007. It is inferred that the ECB will issue a new series of euro banknotes that will incorporate more security features in 2011.