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Appeal judges increase ‘lenient’ jail sentences given to passport conspirators

Judges on Friday increased terms handed to Anthony Beard and Christopher Zietek after a challenge by Solicitor General Michael Tomlinson.

The Independent UK

The elderly 'golden ticket' passport scammers who allowed violent criminals to evade justice

Undercover surveillance footage has been released after they were jailed

Manchester Evening News

The murderers and the 'most wanted' helped to escape by passport gang

A number of the UK's most wanted fugitives used fake passports which cost between £5k and £20k

Liverpool Echo

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Crook who supplied passport to Jamie Acourt are jailed as part of fake ID ring

Ex-soldier and armed robber Chris Zietek charged up to £15,000 for the dodgy documents. He teamed up with Anthony Beard - and one of Beard's clients was Stephen Lawrence murder suspect

Daily Mirror

UK ringleaders jailed over scam providing fake passports for criminals

Scheme provided falsified passports to former suspect in Stephen Lawrence case and Irish crime boss

The Guardian - UK

Gang jailed after supplying fake 'golden ticket' passports to Christy Kinahan Snr

Anthony Beard, who paid vulnerable people for their expired passports so he could apply for renewals using their names but criminals' photos, was sentenced to six years and eight months at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday

Dublin Live

Gang jailed for ‘golden ticket’ passports scam that let serious criminals go on the run

Anthony Beard, Christopher Zietek and Alan Thompson secured travel documents for fugitive murderers and drug dealers

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Gang who supplied 'golden ticket' passports to fugitive criminals like Christy Kinahan Snr are jailed in UK

The NCA said it now plans to make an application to recover proceeds of crime from the passport gang

Irish Mirror

Gang supplied fake passport to 'Premier League' cocaine kingpin caught in Dubai

The gang supplied drug dealer Michael Moogan with a fake passport

Liverpool Echo

Crime bosses caged for supplying Scotland’s most wanted gangsters with fake passports

High level criminals paid up to £20,000 for the fraudulently obtained genuine (FOG) passports, that enabled them to go on the run and start a new life abroad in countries including Spain, Portugal and cities such as Dubai.

Daily Record

Gang jailed for passports scam that let serious criminals go on the run

Anthony Beard, Christopher Zietek and Alan Thompson secured travel documents for fugitive murderers and drug dealers.

The Independent UK

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

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

Manchester Evening News

Passport gang who helped 'Premier League' cocaine kingpin evade capture

The gang's masterminds were found guilty for supplying fraudulent passports to the likes of "Premier League" Scouse cocaine kingpin Michael Moogan

Liverpool Echo

Crime bosses who supplied fraudulent passports to murderers and drug traffickers convicted

Expired passports of vulnerable people were renewed using photos of criminals who looked similar

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Scotland's runaway gangsters escaped using detailed passport scam, court told

Investigators told a trial how some of the country’s most wanted men were able to escape justice by getting their hands on genuine UK passports from a gang of alleged English fraudsters.

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