Gang sold passports for up to 拢20,000 in 20 year operation
The documents were genuine, but fraudulently obtained from look-alike individuals who resembled Most Wanted murderers, gun smugglers and drug traffickers. The gang simply removed the true passport holder鈥檚 photograph and replaced it with a picture of the fugitive.
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Ringleader Antony Beard is thought to have supplied hundreds of passports, targeting vulnerable individuals whose documents were running out and persuading them to let him apply for replacements.