U.S. officials have identified the primary source of 20,000 counterfeit IDs intercepted in Chicago, likely exacerbating the Windy City’s recent spike in violent crime.
The majority have come from China.
Per The National Pulse:
Chicago O’Hare International Airport continues to be a hotbed for the transport of illicit IDs, which can be linked to serious crimes such as “human smuggling and human trafficking” and “used by those individuals associated with terrorism to minimize scrutiny from travel screening measures” per the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) report.
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China’s act of smuggling unlawful items with a potential for serious harm is not an isolated incident: This comes on the heels of CBP officials busting assault weapons and gun silencer smugglers, all originating in China.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release reads:
CHICAGO–Fraudulent driver’s licenses, which are used for criminal activity or fraud, continue to be found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the International Mail Facility (IMF) at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Since the beginning of the year to June 30, CBP officers at the IMF have seized 1,513 shipments with fraudulent documents- a total of 19,888 counterfeit US drivers’ licenses. The majority of these shipments were arriving from China and Hong Kong, with other seized shipments arriving from Great Britain and South Korea.
The driver’s licenses were for various people in different states with a vast majority destined for neighboring states. Most were for college-age students, and other licenses would share the same picture but have different biographical data. Another concern was the bar code attached to the Michigan licenses worked.
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These fraudulent identity documents can lead to identity theft, worksite enforcement, critical infrastructure protection, fraud linked to immigration-related crimes such as human smuggling and human trafficking, and these documents can be used by those individuals associated with terrorism to minimize scrutiny from travel screening measures.
“These counterfeit driver’s licenses can lead to disastrous consequences,” said Ralph Piccirilli, Acting Area Port Director, Chicago. “Criminal organizations use these counterfeit IDs to avoid attracting attention to their illegal activities. Our CBP officers were able to identify these very realistic counterfeits and stop them from reaching their destinations.”
CBP Officers coordinate findings with CBP’s Fraudulent Document Analysis Unit, Homeland Security Investigations and other federal partners in an effort to combat this illicit activity.
CBP routinely conducts inspection operations on arriving and departing international flights and intercepts narcotics, weapons, currency, prohibited agriculture products, counterfeit goods, and other illicit items at our nation’s 328 international ports of entry.
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Ban all trade with Communist China!
3-3/4 YEARS WASTED TRUMP!
Americans say they don’t like China, but if given a choice to buy a Chinese made product or one made in America that costs twice as much…… those same Americans will go buy the Chinese made product…. and they’ll run to get it before someone else does!!! lol lol
God Bless America!!!!!
So why would anyone want to intercept the shipment id gun suppressors? Those things are actually not capable of reducing the noise sufficiently to make any gun “silent”. The best suppressors only reduce the noise by about 30 dB, and this is almost insignificant, when an unduppressed gun is producing 150 + dB of sound pressure. The only benefit of using a suppressor is to reduce the chance of damage to the hearing, so it is a health benefit in the first place. I am in favor of an “amnesty” for all “silencers” and setting up sanctuary communities, so that legal gun owners have free access to the health benefits of suppressors.
here’s my surprised look…..
does that surprise anybody