have detained 40 foreigners at the for attempting to board ferries to using third-party identity documents. Investigators identified travellers whose physical features did not match photographs on European ID cards.
The operation followed the entry of 80,000 immigrants from . Some individuals paid up to 6,000 euros for the documents, which were used repeatedly by different people. Five additional suspects were arrested for facilitating the illegal documentation.
To combat the fraud, the National Police reinforced port controls with specialist agents from the Athens Point Central Documentary Operational Office. This crackdown targets the illicit transit of individuals from the North African enclave to the peninsula.