An irregular immigration network has been dismantled in Corsica in “
close international cooperation with the Senegalese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Belgian authorities
”, the border police (PAF) announced on Tuesday February 7.
"A very structured network"
After "
several successive waves of arrests in Corsica in September, October and December 2022
", "
three men and a woman
" were indicted and imprisoned in Ajaccio and Borgo (Haute-Corse), said the PAF in a press release. , stating that 20,000 euros in cash and 18,000 euros in various bank accounts were seized.
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“
A year of investigation
” made it possible to identify “
a very structured network
” around an organizer helped by his sister, “
domiciled in Porto-Vecchio
”, in Corse-du-Sud.
Both were "
carriers of a French identity card and a French passport
" obtained "
unduly ten years earlier
" but are in fact "
of Senegalese nationality
".
Mass counterfeit
They operated with a "
forger located in Turkey, reselling counterfeit identity documents, such as Belgian, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish national identity cards, as well as Carte Vitale
" and "
authentic passports stolen in countries of the Schengen area which were then falsified
", added the same source.
Depending on the quality of the counterfeit and the type of document, their prices varied from 250 to 1000 euros“, specified the PAF.
"
The person concerned then had the documents delivered to his home, via rapid transport companies
"
,
added the border police, who specified that "
this mode of operation, put in place at least since 2020, mainly benefited the Senegalese community. established in Corse-du-Sud and coming especially for the summer season to work in restaurants and hotels in the region
”.
OQTF
Several Senegalese seasonal workers in an irregular situation have been subject to "
obligations to leave French territory (OQTF)
".
“At the same time, hidden financial traffic was brought to light between the main organizer of the sector and an entrepreneur friend working in the field of public works building (BTP) in Corse-du-Sud “
with the employment of workers
” not declared in an irregular situation”
, continues the PAF.
This evaluated the
“financial flow at several hundred thousand euros”
, part of which was used to finance the
“construction of a house in Senegal” for the head of the network.
“
Close international cooperation
” has made it possible to identify “
the many beneficiaries of false papers
”.
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