Four citizens of Pakistan were detained in Thailand on suspicion of using fraudulent Schengen visas.

Thai officials revealed that the four had been engaging in illegal activity for a considerable amount of time, fooling several people who wanted to join the EU.

The Immigration Bureau’s deputy commissioner, Phanthana Nuchanart, claims that the people who were detained allegedly made offers to exchange money for Schengen visas.

The Pakistani participants in the scheme demanded €7,000 from individuals requesting a European visa, the police found during a concerted operation. Those who were interested had to fill out an application for a visa and send in their passports. The applicants usually got their passports back with fake visa stickers in two weeks, and the con artists took off with the agreed-upon sum of money.

The group’s residence was searched by Thai law enforcement, who confiscated a number of visa applications. The concerned Pakistani nationals’ visas were canceled, and deportation procedures were started.

Unfortunately, Schengen visa fraud cases are prevalent in nations where citizens need the document in order to enter the Schengen Area. Eight people were detained in Morocco in a comparable incident that occurred in October on suspicion of fabricating Schengen visa paperwork. The suspects are accused of human trafficking, and the Moroccan police disclosed that they used the falsified documents to enable irregular migration to the EU.

During concurrent operations, three distinct cities saw the arrests of people. Fake documents and tools for document forgery, such as computers, stamps, and other electronic devices, were found by the Moroccan police. Authorities detained all of the suspects while they conducted additional research in an effort to identify additional members of the network and gather more information. The search for more accomplices will be part of ongoing efforts as more details become available.