Number of foreigners with forged documents in the Czech Republic rises sharply; police intensify checks
Over the past four years, police have tripled the number of residence checks on foreigners. Simultaneously, they have discovered nearly twice as many people who are in the republic on the basis of forged documents. A forged passport or driving licence can be obtained for several thousand crowns.
Number of foreigners with forged documents in the Czech Republic rises sharply; police intensify checks
Police in the Czech Republic have tripled the number of residence checks on foreigners over the past four years. This intensified effort has brought results – authorities uncover roughly twice as many people each year who are present in the territory of the state with forged documents.
Forged documents represent a serious problem. Foreign nationals can obtain not only a false travel passport, but also a driving licence. The price of these forgeries ranges in the order of several thousand crowns.
The increased number of checks and uncovered cases points to a growing trend of abuse of forged documents within migration to the Czech Republic. Security services thus face an increasingly demanding task in verifying the authenticity of identity documents.
Source: iDNES.cz
Source: iDNES.cz