Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum used fraudulently obtained document in guise of Co Antrim woman as part of failed 2018 attempt to flee Middle Eastern Emirate
David Haigh, a UK-based human rights lawyer, who was part of Ms Latifa’s legal team and of the Free Latifa campaign, said fake passports were a “very big industry” in Dubai, with Irish passports, in particular, deemed one of the most sought after.
“The passport is a real kind of passport, but the picture is of the person who paid for it, not the person whose name it is. I wasn’t involved in her acquiring it, but she paid a considerable amount more than the so-called going rate, as it were.” “It depends what the person is willing to pay for it and who that person is,” said one source. “If they’re high profile that might mean a greater chance of being caught and so the cost may be higher.”
“It is something that needs some light shone on it because it’s not about the people buying them – they are the victims – it is about the people selling them when they know they don’t work,” he said.
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