The police in Lagos have cracked down on a number of suspects believed to have attempted to use fake documents to secure Italian visas.
40 people have been arrested by operatives of the Special Fraud Unit after a tip off from the Italian embassy.
The suspects were involved in such offences as forging statements of accounts and possessing fake travel documents among other things.
The Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, said the arrest of the suspects was made possible by a written request received from the Consulate General of Italy in Lagos to carry out investigations on the 40 suspects who submitted fake and forged documents to Italian Embassy in a bid to travel out of the country.
According to him, “it has now become rampant for unscrupulous Nigerians to desire travelling out of the country through dubious means.
“In the course of their attempt to manipulate records and information, many reputable organisations, financial institutions and government parastatals’ records are falsified and tampered with.”
Ogunsakin also said the network of crooks that specialised in travel document racketeering had been shattered and will soon face the courts..
40 people have been arrested by operatives of the Special Fraud Unit after a tip off from the Italian embassy.
The suspects were involved in such offences as forging statements of accounts and possessing fake travel documents among other things.
The Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, said the arrest of the suspects was made possible by a written request received from the Consulate General of Italy in Lagos to carry out investigations on the 40 suspects who submitted fake and forged documents to Italian Embassy in a bid to travel out of the country.
According to him, “it has now become rampant for unscrupulous Nigerians to desire travelling out of the country through dubious means.
“In the course of their attempt to manipulate records and information, many reputable organisations, financial institutions and government parastatals’ records are falsified and tampered with.”
Ogunsakin also said the network of crooks that specialised in travel document racketeering had been shattered and will soon face the courts..
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