Libyan security destroys large identity fraud network

TRIPOLI, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Libya security destroyed a large identity fraud network, the Libyan news agency reported on Monday.

Osama Dresi, head of the Civil Status Investigation Department of the Libyan eastern city of Benghazi, confirmed that the department received information about individuals selling counterfeited identity documents.

Dresi said that some individuals were arrested inside a house with dozens of fraud identity and birth certification documents.

He also said that the arrested individuals confessed of identity fraud with the help of officials in the civil authority and the passport department.

Libyan security from time to time arrests individuals involved in similar fraud activities. However, the network shattered on Monday in Benghazi is the largest in Libya. Enditem