Passport Fraud

• Canadian border guards seized 415 fraudulent passports, visas in 2016

  The Canada Border Services Agency seized 415 fraudulent passports and visas last year as people tried entering the country with fake documents.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2017
  
• Migrants posing as Syrian refugees for better chance at settling in EU

  As countries commit to accepting more Syrian refugees, the trade in forged Syrian passports is thriving.

  World

  Sep 23, 2015
  
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• No passport? No problem. RCMP can’t keep some risky travellers in Canada

  A man the RCMP labelled a high-risk traveller has managed to leave the country again, without a valid passport and having recently served time behind bars for passport fraud.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2015
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• Bail hearing Friday for alleged ‘high-risk traveller’ Mohamed El Shaer

  A Windsor, Ont. man labelled a "high-risk traveller" and charged with passport fraud will have a bail hearing on Friday.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2014
• Ex-citizenship staffer charged with breach of trust in passport fraud

  A former Citizenship and Immigration Canada employee has been charged after allegedly helping 22 people fraudulently obtain Canadian passports.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2014