UK investigating how passenger landed in UK without passport
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Home Office is investigating how a passenger was allowed to board a flight from Spain to Britain without a passport. Officials said Wednesday the passenger was questioned by Border Force agents at Liverpool John Lennon Airport after he landed there on a flight from the Canary Islands. The statement said the […]
Trafficking in ‘lost’ passports seems to flourish
Czech passports are popular with Iranians and Syrians, offered for sale in Italy. Prague, Feb 7 (ČTK) — The foreigner police registered 105 cases of the forgery or illegal changing of Czech passports in the past three years and found out that many of them were probably sold by their holders to the criminal underworld […]
Legal secretary used dead child’s details in fraudulent passport application
A highly-regarded legal secretary used the details of a dead child in a fraudulent bid to obtain a passport, a court heard. Melanie Carter, 33, a single parent of two children and carer of her father, was told she had thrown away her good reputation. Sentencing her to five months imprisonment suspended for 12 months, Judge […]
PIA engineer reaches Saudi Arabia without passport
JEDDAH: As Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has made habit of being in media for negative news, the PIA engineer uphold his institution bad name as the engineer reached Saudi Arabia without passport resulted into his arrest, Express News reported As per the report, the Pakistan engineer had reached Jeddah airport of Saudi Arabia with the […]
Passport: students exempt from producing original certificates
The Ministry of External Affairs has waived the requirement for producing original certificates by student applicants while applying for passports, according to the Regional Passport Office. In a press release issued here, S.Lingasamy, Passport Officer, Tiruchi, pointed out that all passport applicants are required to produce original documents while submitting their passport applications. However, it […]
New Zealand Passports Highly Valuable Among Terrorists And Criminals
Terrorists and criminals can exploit New Zealand passports to avoid detection if they cross international borders. A security expert believes a Kiwi passport is highly valuable in the black market and is reportedly worth $10,000 each. According to Rhys Ball, a former intelligence officer and lecturer at the Massey Centre for Defence and Security Studies, […]
