US Customs and Border Protection Fraudulent Document Trends

Documents Received at the FDAU (by Fraud Type) FY 2007

Citizens of China: Documents from Canada, Japan or Singapore. Impostors closely matched to the document and trained by the smugglers to appear as the nationality of the document (dress, hairstyle, language, etc.)

Flights from Asia: Citizens of India: Impostors or Altered India Passports/NIVs. Travel originating in Bangkok, Thailand (BKK). Frequently, middle aged impostors posing as older individuals.

Flights from Asia: Citizens of Sri Lanka: Documents from Canada, Singapore or India. Various points of origin with a final destination of Canada; Toronto (YYZ) or Vancouver (YVR). IAP Narita, Japan Intercept-Attempted Boarding Pass Swap Counterfeit French PP in Smugglers Identity Genuine Sri Lanka PP in True Identity Facilitator checked in with French pp and same name on fake pp. The subject then attempted to board with this document.

Flights from Latin America: Citizens of Brazil: Stolen blank Portuguese passports(series R609001 to R609500) . Also have been encountered on flights from Europe (CDG, MAD, LHR, FRA) Genuine “8” Counterfeit “8”

Example of altered stolen Italian blank Flights from Latin America: Citizens of Peru: Altered Italian passports or altered Peruvian passports/NIVs. Stolen Blank Italian passport numbers altered from B89 to B88 or C75 to O75/075 (Also used by Albanians). Example of altered stolen Italian blank

Flights from Europe: Citizens of Ukraine: Documents from Czech Republic, Poland, and Ukraine. Photo-substituted passports and U.S. non-immigrant visas. Citizens of Nepal: Nepalese or Indian documents used to board and often arrive undocumented. Various points of origin and connecting through Paris, France (CDG).

Flights from Europe: Spanish Passports: Recent fraud cases involving citizens of the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Peru, Nigeria and Sri Lanka

Citizens of Albania and the former Yugoslavia: Documents from Slovenia Citizens of Albania and the former Yugoslavia: Documents from Slovenia. Counterfeit biographical page or photo-substitution

Documents from Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus or Poland. Citizens of Iraq: Documents from Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus or Poland. Iraqi Smuggling Routes: Turkey Greece W. Europe Latin America/Mexico U.S./Mexico border

Citizens of Iraq: Altered Stolen Blank Counterfeit Bio-page Photo-substituted

Iraqi Smuggling Routes Established Land routes Air Routes

Altered U.S. Passports 1998 version United States PP altered using the overlay method United States e-Passport altered using the overlay method

Mail Seizures Photograph in counterfeit is not integrated

The counterfeit (above left) does a very good job at simulating the UV feature.

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