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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Patrick Edrich & Chris Slater

Crime bosses helped 'Premier League' cocaine kingpin and one of country's most wanted evade with dodgy passports

Two crime bosses and members of a gang who supplied fraudulent passports - including to 'Premier League' cocaine kingpin Michael Moogan - have been convicted following an investigation spanning five years.

Anthony Beard, 61, and Christopher Zietek, 67, were caught providing fraudulently-obtained genuine passports (FOGs) to organised criminals in a covert sting.

Members of the criminal underworld paid between £5,0000 and £15,000 for the highly sought-after documents, which were issued authentically but applied for using false information.

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