Police rend passport forgery network

Police rend passport forgery network

SURABAYA: East Java Police have uncovered a passport forgery
syndicate suspected of sending migrant workers abroad with false
documents.

Sr. Comr. Sutarman, provincial chief of detectives, said on
Tuesday that four suspects in the labor smuggling ring had been
arrested following the deportation of Indonesian migrant workers
from the United States.

The suspects, identified as Damanhuri, 34, Susini, 45, Agus
Wandi, 30, and Nawari, 42, confessed that they had formed two
separate groups, one dealing in counterfeit passports and the
other finding job seekers in East Java.

The police also confiscated 71 forged passports, 11
citizenship cards, and bank transfer papers and other forged
documents believed to have been used in the scams.

The police have continued the probe into the possible
involvement of local immigration office officials in the crime.
-- JP