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Operation against fake ID gang in Istanbul: 31 detention orders issued
In an operation across 8 provinces centered in Istanbul, 31 detention orders were issued for gang members producing fake IDs and official documents. The investigation found that the gang collaborated with civil registry office employees to attempt to sell expatriates' properties.
Fraud with Official Documents
The investigation revealed that the gang engaged in a corrupt collaboration with some employees at the Civil Registry Offices.
The network was found to have provided new identity documents to wanted individuals to avoid capture, supplied fake driver's licenses to those whose licenses were revoked or who never had one, and illegally provided fake residence permits to foreign nationals.
They Set Their Sights on Expatriates' Properties
The gang's outrageous plan did not stop there.
The network targeted citizens living abroad who owned movable or immovable property in Turkey, obtaining their identity information. Using the fake ID cards they produced, gang members went to Land Registry Offices and attempted to sell the expatriates' properties, reaping enormous illicit gains.
Simultaneous Dawn Raids in 8 Provinces
Within the scope of the investigation conducted for crimes of 'Establishing an Organization for the Purpose of Committing Crime', 'Forgery of Official Documents', and 'Forgery of Official Documents by a Public Official', the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office took action. Teams from the Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Command's Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) Branch Directorate moved to apprehend the 31 identified suspects.
Simultaneous searches, seizures, and detentions were carried out at addresses identified in a total of 8 provinces: Istanbul, Antalya, Izmir, Düzce, Bursa, Şanlıurfa, Çanakkale, and Edirne.
Minister Gürlek: 'Deterrent and Comprehensive Measures to Be Implemented'
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek, who made a statement regarding the operation, signaled that much tougher, deterrent, and comprehensive measures will be implemented in the coming period against forgery of official documents.
Gürlek said, 'Judicial processes will be carried out in the most severe manner, using all means provided by law, against every public official who undermines the state's trust and abuses their duty to open space for criminal organizations.'
'On this occasion, I wholeheartedly congratulate our Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, which meticulously conducted the investigation; our heroic Istanbul Gendarmerie Command, which successfully carried out the operation; our National Intelligence Organization, for its valuable contributions to the exposure of criminal structures; and all relevant public officials who contributed.'
'We will resolutely continue our struggle to protect our nation's legal security, our state's reputation, and public order,' he said.
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