Moroccan police arrested nine individuals on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in forgery and the use of forged documents to compile Schengen visa applications, as well as for organizing irregular migration operations and engaging in human trafficking, according to a security source."
Preliminary findings from the investigation revealed that the suspects are linked to a criminal network involved in forging administrative documents required for obtaining visas to European countries, and which may also be used to facilitate illegal immigration.
Search operations and inquiries carried out in connection with the case led to the arrest of eight individuals in Nador and one in Guercif, North-eastern and Eastern Morocco.
The search carried out in the two cities has resulted in the discovery of multiple falsified documents, computers, and a light vehicle used to facilitate these criminal acts.
Photographs, identity documents and passports with different names were also seized, along with bank transfer receipts and sums of money amounting to around 35 million centimes, allegedly the proceeds of this criminal activity.
The suspects were taken into custody at the disposal of the judicial investigation conducted under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor's office, in order to elucidate any potential ramifications of these criminal acts and to arrest the other accomplices.
