Three Nigerians; one man and two women along
with, two German women have been arrested following the raid of 41 homes
and offices in Germany’s capital Berlin, Fox reports.
Police
said they searched the properties because they linked to a gang
suspected of arranging fake marriages in order to make it easier for
Nigerians to come to Europe.
The officers seized their passports, European Union residency permits, cell phones, and storage devices.
German
Federal Police Spokesman, Jens Schobranski, said the suspects detained
are a 50-year-old Nigerian man, two Nigerian women aged 46 and 50, and
two German women aged 55 and 64.
They are
accused of selling certificates to Nigerian men documenting fake
marriages with German and Portuguese women in more than 70 cases,
charging up to 13,000 euros (₦5,577,593) each time.
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