美媒報道海關截獲大批假駕駛執照　主要來自內地及香港

美國紐約霍士電視台，

引述海關和邊防部門的官員報道，

當局在今年頭6個月，

於芝加哥奧黑爾國際機場處理的國際郵件中，

截獲約2萬張偽造駕駛執照，

大部分來自中國內地及香港，

其他郵件主要來自南韓及英國。

海關表示，

購買假車牌的主要是讀大學的年青人，

很多都是用同一張相片，

但印上不同名字，

除此之外車牌模擬度極高，

其中仿冒密西根州車牌所印上的電腦二維碼，

能夠成功使用。

海關說，

購買偽造證件的年青人，

有可能被不法之徒盜用身分犯案，

例如人口販運，

及被恐怖分子用作掩飾身分等。

Fake driver's licenses flooding into US from China, other countries, US says

Nearly 20,000 counterfeit U.S. licenses were seized at Chicago’s O’Hare airport in the first half of 2020, according to a report.

Counterfeit documents are giving a license to commit a host of offenses, including , U.S. officials say -- and young adults who are lax with their personal information may be their biggest enablers.

In the first six months of 2020, seized nearly 20,000 U.S. driver’s licenses at O’Hare airport alone, according to a report.

The 19,888 licenses and other fake documents were included in 1,513 overseas shipments, mostly from and Hong Kong, CBP said, according to FOX 5 in New York City. Others were from South Korea and Britain.

Ralph Piccirilli, CBP’s acting area port director in Chicago, called the counterfeits (made mostly for people in their twenties) 「very realistic.」

"These counterfeit driver's licenses can lead to disastrous consequences," he said in a statement, according to "Criminal organizations use these counterfeit IDs to avoid attracting attention to their illegal activities."

"Criminal organizations use these counterfeit IDs to avoid attracting attention to their illegal activities."

— Ralph Piccirilli, CBP’s acting area port director in Chicago

Dallas-Fort Worth CBP Port Director Timothy Lemaux said seeking out a counterfeit license overseas is risky because you have to give your personal information.

Fake U.S. licenses seized by CBP agents that were headed to New York from China last fall. (Customs and Border Protection )

"What is most disconcerting about these interceptions, besides the volume in which we are experiencing, is the ease in which so many young people freely share their personal information with counterfeiters abroad," Lemaux said in a statement. "We'll continue to collaborate with local law enforcement to educate the public, and anyone who is contemplating purchasing a counterfeit ID online, on the potential dangers of sharing your personal, identifiable information with a criminal element."

"What is most disconcerting ... is the ease in which so many young people freely share their personal information with counterfeiters abroad."

— Timothy Lemaux, CBP port director for Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas has seen an influx in counterfeit document seizures, around 2,000 since 2019.

Dallas-area CBP officers have partnered with local universities to educate students about the dangers of giving their personal information online to get a fake license, said.

Last fall, CBP agents in Kentucky intercepted nearly 3,000 fake U.S. licenses and more than 3,000 blank card stocks for counterfeiting licenses that were headed for New York City, the reported.

One of the shipments was postmarked to a convicted child rapist in New York, leading agents to believe they might attract minors with the promise of fake I.D.s, CBP officials said.

Source: RTHK, Fox news

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