September 10, 2017

Syrian Passports in hands of ISIS

In the long running thread about controversial identification documents, RT reports:

German authorities believe that Islamic State terrorists have stolen over 11,000 blank Syrian passports, confidential documents seen by the Bild am Sonntag newspaper reportedly reveal. German Investigators have made a list of the serial numbers of the blank passports, the newspaper reported, citing confidential documents of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the interior ministry and the country's federal police (BPOL).

“According to BKA information, there are 11,100 Syrian blank passports… in the hands of the IS [Islamic State, also known as ISIS/ISIL],” the documents from the interior ministry reportedly state. In total, 18,002 blank Syrian passports were stolen from the Syrian government, Bild am Sonntag reported.

Developments in connection with the refugee question have shown that terrorist organizations are using the opportunity to infiltrate potential IS attackers into Europe undetected, a BKA official told the paper.

Fake or altered passports are mostly used “for illegal entry without further motives like carrying out a terrorist attack,” the official added.

According to the documents seen by Bild, at least 8,625 passports checked by German migration authorities in 2016 turned out to be counterfeits.

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Posted by iang at September 10, 2017 08:40 PM
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