A fully equipped laboratory Travel documents training and banknotes were identified by police officers from the Attica Directorate of Immigration. the most organized cases of migrant trafficking of the last few years.
The business, held on Tuesday, June 3 in an area of Attica, resulted in the arrest of a domestic, which allegedly had a central role in the circuit, while another person was identified with a European arrest warrant.
Police action was implemented in the context of National Plan (ESA) and European Action Empact 2.2 EastMed, in which Greece has a leading role. The involvement of the Belgium Police and Judicial Authorities was also important, which assisted the business through a European research order, But also working with Europol.
Whole workshop inside home
According to authorities the arrested had installed within her home a complete forgery workshop, through which he channeled a number of counterfeit travel documents, passports, identities and banknotes to the European market.
These documents were used for the illegal movement of immigrants to and from Greece, With the final destination mainly Belgium, but also other European countries. According to the survey, the traffic was carried out both through postal parcels and by air transport.
International footprint and parcels with ‘monkey’ passports
The action of the circuit had already left its traces on European territory: After information exchanged with Europol, It turned out that the arrested had sent a parcel with fake travel documents in Germany in 2020, which had been identified by local authorities. The circuit allegedly earned huge financial benefits, with every “package” of immigrant trafficking generating amounts from 7,500 to 17,000 euros.
Seizures that reveal the extent of the action
During the investigations, police found dozens of specialized machinery and accessories, necessary for the preparation of documents and banknotes, including:
3 Multipurpose Engines,
-15 printers,
plasticizer,
-2 metal hand presses,
-Sterly air press,
—Maler of engraving,
—Mauther engagement,
-4 hard drives,
-Cripper of documents,
-Theyperture engraver,
—crust of inks,
—thew,
-theellers,
-70 documents, fully trained or under processing (ID card, residence permits, passports, etc.),
-58 fake seals,
-10 macroscopic fake banknotes,
-565 Silver Presses with iridescent banknotes security elements and
-18 Predicted travel checks of $ 500 each.
In the prosecutor’s prosecutor the arrested – Investigations continue
The domestic was already taken to the competent prosecutor’s office, while the material seized – both natural and digital – will be sent to the Criminal Investigations Department for further laboratory analysis.
The case file includes, as a case -by -case basis, the offenses of document forgery, Currency counterfeit and possession of a third -person passport. At the same time, authorities are looking for the second person involved in the case, with the preliminary investigation remaining open for possible involvement of other members of the circuit.
This case is a tranquil Example of the international dimension that has received organized crime In the field of irregular migration, with Greece at the center of both as a transit country and as a coordinator of European suppression operations.