Photographs Torn Off and Replaced A widespread organization which trafficked in false passports, selling them sometimes for as much as £150, has been discovered by the French police, it was officially revealed on January 28, states the "Daily Telegraph and Morning Post.
Twenty-four foreigners, principally Poles, Chinese, Hungarians and Spaniards, have been arrested.
The frauds were carried out by employees of certain tourist and travel agencies, who made use of the facilities granted to intending visitors to the Paris Exhibition last year.
The existence of this organization came to light with the arrest of four Poles in Warsaw. The arrest of a fifth Pole in a luxurious office in the Champs Elysees in Paris revealed to the police the methods used.
False Stamp Used Applications were made to various foreign Consulates in Paris for passports to travel on business connected with the Paris Exhibition. These passports were then posted to Poland.
There the photographs were peeled off and replaced by others. An embossed stamp exactly similar to the official one was used, and the passports thus gave no appearance of having been tampered with.
When the bearer of the false passport reached France he handed it to a member of the gang, who returned it by post to Poland, where this operation was repeated.
The discovery of this organization led to the arrest of several Hun-patti who specialized in forging Luxemburg passports.
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