Networks selling fake passports to Islamic State look like organised effort

Numerous former Daesh fighters and people connected to the terrorist organisation have been buying high-quality fake passports for years in order to secretly travel from Turkey to all across the globe, including in the US and EU, according to an investigation by The Guardian.

For a price tag ranging between $5,000 and $8,000, anyone, including members of Daesh can pass practically any border check even in developed countries with high levels of national security, the newspaper claims.

The business has been in place since at least 2015 and despite the efforts of Western nations to deal with the emergence of fake passports, the scheme is reportedly working to this day.

“When one or two (fake passport owners) slip through the cracks – that one can still believe. But it’s hard to do so when there is an apparent organised trafficking of militants”, Turkish political analyst and journalist, Ceyhun Bozkurt says.

The fact that countries, which track practically every step of their own citizens, are unable to detect fake passports and deal with their sellers is hard to believe for Bozkurt.

Source: Sputnik News