agents national police, in joint operation with Tax Office Customs Inspectionthey have arrested across the country 64 people, four of them in the province of Alicante, for buying and seizing fake documents via social networks 136 fake documents with a high level of professionalism.
The documents were driver’s licenses, passports or identity documents, all of which were European nationals, in order to be able to move around the Schengen area without difficulty. The detainees contacted the counterfeiters via social networks and instant messaging and agreed on a price of between 1,000 and 3,000 euros per document and the date of shipment to Spain.
The detainees are accused of committing crimes against the rights of foreign nationals by promoting smuggling, document falsification and irregular migration.
The investigation was initiated by the Tax Office Customs Surveillance Service within the framework of their control over the parcel shipments from abroad selected using risk analysis techniques. Authorities have detected posts with falsified documents and therefore Athens Point of the National Police to verify the forgery of seized documents.
Schengen area
The National Police checked different types of documents such as ID cards, passports and driver’s licenses of different European nationalities. Get around the Schengen area effortlessly. In total, 136 documents with a high level of professionalism were identified.
Researchers learned that “customers” had contacted the company. foreign counterfeiters through various social networks and instant messaging. There, they set a price according to the document they wanted, knowing that passports with a border stamp mean a higher cost, giving them more credibility at the border gates. The price therefore ranged from 1,000 to 3,000 euros. They also agreed on the date when passports would be sent to Spain through the same channels.
As part of the investigation, 64 people were arrested in Madrid (24), Huelva (7), Barcelona (7), Granada (5), Alicante (4), Las Palmas (4), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2) and Cadiz. (2), Melilla (2), León (2), Almeria (1), Pontevedra (1), Córdoba (1), Lugo (1) and Jaén (1).
According to the police, inside Central Unit Against Illegal Immigration Networks and Falsified Documents Atenas Point acts as a “call center” for quick consultations by the National Police or any other police cooperation agents.