found in possession of numerous false documents valid for expatriation, arrested

On the morning of 23 May 2024, in Giugliano in Campania (Na) – Varcaturo, the soldiers of the Carabinieri Anti-Counterfeiting Command, supported by the soldiers of the Operational Intervention Company of the 10th Carabinieri Campania Regiment and of the local Carabinieri Station, in the context of a complex investigative activity aimed at combating criminal phenomena related to the falsification of identification documents, they made the arrest in flagrante delicto of a 45 year old Ghanaian citizen, regularly present on the national territory, as he was held responsible for possession of false identification documents valid for travel abroad.

The operation coagulated information elements originating from the Territorial Army and referring to the atypical areal gravitation of foreign subjects, presumably aimed at the procurement of false documents valid for expatriation. The search of the suspect allowed the seizure of the following false documents registered to individuals from Central African countries:

• no. 19 Italian electronic identity cards valid for travel abroad;
• no. 16 Italian residence permits;
• no. 6 Dutch and Belgian electronic identity cards;
• no. 9 Italian, Belgian and English passports;
• no. 4 Italian, English and Polish driving licenses;
• no. 5 Italian health cards.

The arrested person, having completed the formalities, in compliance with the provisions issued by the competent Judicial Authority, was associated with the prison of Naples Poggioreale.