The
Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the police in Lagos on Thursday said it had
arrested 40 Nigerians who allegedly attempted to secure Italian visa using fake
documents.
The documents ranged from forged statement of accounts, fake travelling
documents and many others.
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 they will soon face the courts.
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