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19 arrested in Europe for forgery of documents and migrant smuggling

AT least 16 persons suspected of large-scale forgery of documents and the smuggling of irregular migrants have been arrested in Greece, with the help of the Europol.  Three more were also arrested in the Czech Republic. These two parallel investigations supported and coordinated by Europol targeted a network of organised crime groups involved in the massive production and distribution of falsified or forged documents, including passports, ID cards and visas, to third country nationals. Such […]