Inside the market for fake passports

Two men boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 using stolen passports. They may have nothing to do with the mystery but it made us think -- how easy is it to forge a passport? And what is the government doing to combat fraud?

[rafsanAhmed]

picture that I took for my passport is so horrible even thief wont steal it.

[Clan-Scotland]

This guy was one of the top fraudsters in the UK. He should never have stopped. Absolute artist.

[nishchowdhury]

Despite it being bad that guy had unique talent. Good thing that he’s been given a chance to mend his ways and use his talent for good

[سامرسامي-نظ]

Reminding me of the movie( catch me if you can) when the bad guy makes a shit load of money as a fraudster then end up having an FBI job and now this guy working as an anti fraud advisor while I'm still in the warehouse with my undergraduate degree, life is a joke.

[yui]

I work in a position where i work with forged documents and at first you can't tell the difference but with time as soon as i see a document from any country i can tell if it is forged or not ... Honestly even if it was perfectly forged there's always a little details that tells

[shenaniganz]

Atleast we know the 2 men with forged passports on Malaysia flight 370 won’t do it again.

[jonathanm]

wait, wait, wait, is that what that little symbol at the bottom of the passport is, a chip???

[markovcool]

and his family are very happy about the dl u made after his restriction not to drive... The murm has been home sick for a while and it was too deficult for his to drive her to go see a doctor with out a Dl.. but as we speak now due to the good job u did the murm now routinely visited her doctor and getting perfectly better

[Passportcollectorpage]

Old forging history - hardly possible today...

[MsEmmiii]

Then there's me traveling to Ukraine with a real passport and still getting accused of illegally trying to get to the EU with a fake passport.

[TCFan]

The only way to truly bypass these hi tech security measures would be through internal hacking and having contacts on the inside...more so the latter would be most effective.

[deathcoder]

A passport goes in the black market for 8k-10k... but if you find one, it's very important that you report it to the authorities... LMAO.... yeah lady... You can't expect a lot of success on the latter statement after mentioning what it's worth...

[okaformack]

How are you zen? Is long time I see you on screen 📺.

[Charlotte_Dardenne]

If fake passport was an option then why does it has to cost up £8, 000 or more than a real passport that only cost £75-£100.that doesn't make any sense

[jayanthnedunuri]

Come why can't a highly secure e-passpirts

[JHN__]

Law adiding citizens go through the delays and indignity of border control meanwhile Interpol databases and passport security features are ignored for illegal immigrants who are allowed in the country with no ID.

[kamelmebhah]

British passport got the eyes ( iris ) so even if he looks like you, the system will not open the door ( automatics) broader control.

[METR]

a Syrian Refugee got 2 Counterfeit passports and seeked asylum in 2009 i think

[stas_shulepov]

The way is admiring, honestly, but I prefer not to violate the laws, the legal naturalisation is the mostly preferred way, I think

[ARMeNshokeR]

I think all countries should make it legal to have more than 1 citizenship. And the process of getting a new citizenship should be shorter and cheaper.