14 detained in Russia for preparing fake passports for IS militants

14 detained in Russia for preparing fake passports for IS militants
# 18 February 2016 10:31 (UTC +04:00)

The FSB and Interior Ministry were able to stop the international criminal group, which was not only preparing documents for those from Russia and other former Soviet republics to fight among the ranks of IS in Syria, but also for those returning to Russia to carry out terrorist and extremist acts, as well as illegal migration.

“After collecting the needed base of evidence in the criminal case, … a complex of operative military and investigation operations were carried out in the capital’s region to suppress the activities of the group revealed by detaining 14 of its members ‘red-handed,’” the FSB said in a statement.

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED