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.
Vanguard reports:
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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