A passport gang supplied a most wanted man named a "Premier League" kingpin who was caught in Dubai.
Anthony Beard, 61, and Christopher Zietek, 67, headed the crime group supplying fraudulent passports that enabled murderers and drug traffickers to evade justice in the UK and cross international borders undetected. The gang members were caught after a covert surveillance operation by the National Crime Agency found they had provided fraudulently-obtained genuine passports (FOGs) to organised criminals over a five-year period.
Customers paid between £5,000 and £20,000 for the highly sought after documents, which were issued authentically but applied for using false information. This allowed them to operate abroad and carry on conducting criminality affecting the UK.
