• Two employees of the town hall of Nice have been indicted in an alleged case of trafficking in false identity documents, said the public prosecutor.

  • A third protagonist, a "notorious thug" according to

    Nice-Matin

    , suspected of being the sponsor of this traffic, is in prison.

  • He was indicted for "active corruption of persons charged with a public service mission", "criminal association", "organized gang fraud" and "fraudulent obtaining of false documents".

The annex town hall of Caucade, west of Nice, is “temporarily closed”.

Officially because of the health crisis and insufficient attendance.

It is there, between 2020 and 2021, that several requests for falsified passports, presumably intended for members of organized crime, would have passed through.

Two employees have been indicted in this case, the public prosecutor told

20 Minutes

, confirming information from

Nice-Matin

.

“The investigation is continuing within the framework of the investigation”, specifies Xavier Bonhomme.

A judicial investigation has been open since October 20, 2021. The two women, civil status agents, have been placed under judicial supervision.

A third protagonist, a "notorious thug" according to the regional daily, suspected of being the sponsor of this traffic, is in prison.

He was indicted for "active corruption of persons charged with a public service mission", "criminal association", "organized gang fraud" and "fraudulent obtaining of false documents".

Up to 50,000 euros for a false passport

Concretely, the latter would have directed several criminals, some of whom were involved in drug cases, to this annex of the town hall of Nice, where he had "contacts" to obtain official papers under a false identity.

The passports were resold for up to 50,000 euros by the sponsor, who paid 1,500 euros to the employees, according to

Nice-Matin

.

Figures that the prosecution has not confirmed.

The Border Police (Paf) of the Alpes-Maritimes, which detected this traffic, would have identified twelve fraudulent requests validated by the employees of the civil status service.

"These facts, if proven, constitute serious breaches of probity that must be respected by each civil servant", reacts the municipality.

“If the case determines that one or more agents have committed criminal acts, the city will naturally bring a civil action, she specifies.

Administrative sanctions will obviously be taken against these people who will go before a disciplinary board.

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