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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8190

12 April 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/police
Passport checking operation in EU airports - Rise in counterfeit passports

Brussels, 11/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - High-level passport counterfeiting is rising, according to Europol after a three-day operation in the EU 17 main airports at the beginning of April. The 15 Member States carried out a joint investigation led by Spanish police and co-ordinated at the Europol headquarters that led to the arrest of 410 holders of false passports, according to Europol (mainly from China, South America and Africa). A quarter of them were arrested in Paris, with Madrid and...

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