FORGED DOCUMENT GROUP BUSTED IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST
ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
27 Apr 06
Khabarovsk, 27 April: Members of a criminal group involved in the
production of forged documents for illegal immigrants have been
arrested by officers of the Federal Security Service’s directorate for
Khabarovsk Territory. Russian and Armenian nationals were among them,
the directorate’s press service told ITAR-TASS.
The operatives have found two underground printing shops.
Eighty-seven forged migration cards, over 30 Russian passports, several
police IDs, college graduation certificates, insurance policies and
letters of authority, as well as 250 forged stamps of various offices
and firms have been seized.
The security officials believe that “the forged documents have been
used to create channels for illegal immigration”. Criminal proceedings
into the case have been launched.