The
General Directorate of Traffic (DGT)
suspended on March 15 the exchange of driving licenses with
Venezuela
due to a massive fraud that the
National Police announced on
Tuesday
.
The Police reported that this operation, whose investigations began at the beginning of 2020, has resulted in the arrest of 802 people in 19 provinces for exchanging false
Venezuelan
driving licenses
for other Spaniards and with whom they could circulate.
807 false Venezuelan permits that were prepared to be exchanged have also been intercepted.
The operation has been carried out in three phases and the arrests have taken place in the provinces of
Alicante
,
Asturias
,
Badajoz
,
Barcelona
,
Cáceres
,
Ciudad Real
,
Guipúzcoa
,
Jaén
,
Las Palmas
,
Madrid
,
Málaga
,
Murcia
,
Pontevedra
,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
,
Seville
,
Toledo
,
Valladolid
,
Zamora
and
Zaragoza.
The detainees obtained the false documentation through social networks, where criminal groups located in Venezuela charged them an average of $ 90 and promised to deliver the Venezuelan driver's license in two or three days, by post.
DATING PROBLEMS
The Police indicated that, since August 2017,
a new format has been issued
in
Venezuela
that does not meet the legal requirements for the exchange process, which is why these citizens resorted to criminal groups to obtain a falsification of the previous format.
The fraud had spread throughout the Spanish territory because, in the cities with the greatest presence of Venezuelan citizens, they had many difficulties to get an appointment at the
Traffic Headquarters
, so they requested them in less crowded border headquarters.
As a result of what happened, the DGT has suspended the exchange procedure with Venezuela since March 15, 2021.
The investigation, which began at the beginning of 2020, has culminated in the arrest of 802 people in Alicante (62), Asturias (22), Badajoz (4), Barcelona (17), Cáceres (4), Ciudad Real (16 ), Guipúzcoa (41), Jaén (4), Las Palmas (18), Madrid (185), Malaga (123), Murcia (23), Pontevedra (6), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (154), Seville (16) , Toledo (38), Valladolid (56), Zamora (4) and Zaragoza (9).
Their holders have not been able to prove that they have a legal driving license, with the consequent danger that this entails for road safety.
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