A US diplomat was arrested for selling his passport to a Syrian
The Turkish authorities arrested a Syrian refugee who wanted to flee to Germany with a forged passport belonging to a US diplomat through Istanbul airport.
The Turkish security services at the airport confirmed that the forged passport belonged to a diplomat working at the US consulate in Beirut, and after watching the videotapes of the surveillance camera, the authorities arrested the American diplomat and imprisoned him, and also found with him an amount of $10,000 he had received from Syrian refugee.
The Syrian refugee crossed the passport control point at Istanbul Airport with his own passport to escape to Germany, where he met the US in the waiting room, then they entered the airport bathroom, and then the diplomat handed his passport Personal profile of the Syrian for 10 thousand dollars and immediately left.
The two changed their clothes to camouflage Surveillance cameras showed that the American and Syrian changed their clothes in the bathroom to camouflage the airport police and avoid being caught, but the security services revealed the operation and arrested the two, and during the inspections, the American diplomatic passport and 10 thousand dollars were seized in an envelope, and they were also referred to the judicial authorities.
According to the information published in the Turkish media, the Syrian refugee is a resident of Qamishli and was released after interrogation, while the US diplomat was imprisoned and transferred to the competent judiciary.
Since the war in Syria erupted in 2011, many Syrian refugees in Turkey seek to escape to the European Union by taking dangerous routes, which has claimed hundreds of lives, while international organizations are seeking to put pressure on many European countries, especially Greece, to allow refugees to reach and prepare safe routes for them, condemning no brutal treatment against them.
