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U.S. CBP Office of Field Operations agent checking the authenticity of a travel document at an international airport using a stereo microscopeThe Red Cross identity document Adolf Eichmann used to enter Argentina under the fake name Ricardo Klement in 1950, issued by the Italian delegation of the Red Cross of Geneva
A fake passport is a counterfeit of a passport (or other travel document) issued by a nation or authorised agency. Such counterfeits are copies of genuine passports, or illicitly modified genuine passports made by unauthorized persons, sometimes called cobblers.[1] Its purpose is to be used deceptively as if it were a legitimate travel or identity document. A passport obtained from an authorized issuer by providing false information may also be considered fake.
Such falsified passports can be used to leave a country from which exit is barred, for identity theft, age fabrication, illegal immigration, and organized crime.
Other comparable documents include camouflage passports, which are not copies of a valid form of document, but are designed to look like a passport issued by a body that cannot issue legitimate passports, such as "Republic of Mainau", or a "Baltic Trade Mission" diplomatic document. Fantasy passports, such as the World Passport, are passport-like documents issued by non-official organizations or micronations as a novelty or souvenir, to make a political statement, or to show loyalty to a political or other cause.
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through the creation of a fakepassport or camouflage passport. Misusing a passport is a crime in many jurisdictions. The Passport Law of the People’s Republic...
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fantasy passport, or a fake of a real passport. False identity documents have a long history, but in 1998, the idea of the camouflage passport was credited...
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from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016. "FakePassport Case: SC Upholds Bedi's Conviction". Outlook. 9 November 2010. Archived...
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convicted of fraud. John Darwin faced an additional charge relating to his fakepassport and was sentenced to six years and three months in prison. Anne Darwin...
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have their passports suspended. In March 2020, he was questioned by police in Paraguay after he was alleged to have used a fakepassport to enter the...
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crimes. He was later arrested in 2002 in Portugal on charges of using a fakepassport and extradited to India. He was tried and convicted in some cases and...
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facilitate their international travel. Like any other passport, South Korean passports serve as proof for passport holders' personal information, such as nationality...
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