Q3 Q4

FRAN · q1 2015
Annex Table 11A. Document fraud
Fraudulent documents detected on entry from third countries, by document type and top ten combinations of country of issuance and type of document fraud
2016 Q2
2015 2016 % change on per cent
of total
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 year ago prev. Qtr
Highest share
Document Type
Nationality Claimed
Passports 1 157 1 006 1 010 892 744 599 - 40 - 19 32 Not specified (22%)
FRA-Authentic 63 67 57 51 43 44 -34 2.3 7.3 Not specified (57%)
GBR-Forged 10 18 13 9 14 19 5.6 36 3.2 Iran (32%)
ESP-Authentic 38 23 34 28 26 16 -30 -38 2.7 Morocco (31%)
IND-Forged 19 5 4 3 17 14 180 -18 2.3 India (50%)
ZAF-Forged 0 0 3 0 0 11 n.a. n.a. 1.8 Zimbabwe (91%)
FRA-Forged 16 16 16 12 9 11 -31 22 1.8 Morocco (36%)
GNB-Authentic 1 1 4 3 7 11 1 000 57 1.8 Not specified (45%)
BGR-Forged 5 11 12 21 6 11 0 83 1.8 Iraq (36%)
ALB-Counterfeit 2 4 5 3 5 10 150 100 1.7 Albania (80%)
GIN-Authentic 5 6 16 8 11 10 67 -9.1 1.7 Not specified (50%)
Others 998 855 846 754 606 442 -48 -27 74 Not specified (20%)
ID cards 266 291 320 326 256 265 -9 4 14 Morocco (27%)
ESP-Authentic 55 50 75 60 60 63 26 5 24 Morocco (79%)
ITA-Forged 12 6 11 17 12 28 367 133 11 Albania (82%)
ITA-Counterfeit 32 28 25 33 15 23 -18 53 8.7 Morocco (22%)
ROU-Counterfeit 13 18 10 11 13 16 -11 23 6.0 Moldova (38%)
ITA-Stolen blank 27 24 25 25 15 15 -38 0 5.7 Albania (40%)
GRC-Counterfeit 12 14 28 22 5 13 -7.1 160 4.9 Albania (46%)
ITA-No more details 5 3 3 9 5 12 300 140 4.5 Albania (75%)
FRA-Authentic 8 15 15 11 15 12 -20 -20 4.5 Not specified (33%)
BEL-Counterfeit 10 14 18 23 8 9 -36 13 3.4 Morocco (44%)
CZE-Counterfeit 1 1 2 0 0 6 500 n.a. 2.3 Iran (50%)
Others 91 118 108 115 108 68 -42 -37 26 Not specified (15%)
Visa 472 505 576 381 580 499 -1 -14 27 Ukraine (47%)
POL-Authentic 107 268 305 150 204 231 -14 13 46 Ukraine (93%)
LTU-Authentic 1 4 8 7 89 84 2 000 -5.6 17 Russian Federation (37%)
DEU-Counterfeit 10 19 25 16 20 30 58 50 6.0 Turkey (40%)
ITA-Counterfeit 52 23 15 15 9 19 -17 111 3.8 Armenia (26%)
ESP-Counterfeit 35 12 17 21 13 12 0 -7.7 2.4 Senegal (17%)
ESP-Forged 4 9 7 6 19 10 11 -47 2.0 Not specified (30%)
FRA-Counterfeit 51 28 12 6 12 9 -68 -25 1.8 Tajikistan (22%)
FRA-Forged 2 1 5 5 8 n.a. 60 1.6 Senegal (25%)
FRA-Authentic 13 18 17 10 15 8 -56 -47 1.6 Not specified (50%)
ITA-Forged 15 8 4 3 3 7 -13 133 1.4 Côte d'Ivoire (57%)
Others 182 116 165 142 191 81 -30 -58 16 Sri Lanka (12%)
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