Passport fraud in Venezuela and Iraq

Passport fraud in Venezuela and Iraq also known as "Passports in the Shadows", is a 2017 joint CNN and CNN en Espanol investigation exposing officials at the Venezuelan embassy in Baghdad, selling passports and visas to non-citizens, including individuals with suspected ties to Hezbollah, in exchange for thousands of dollars. This drew global concern for their links to corruption, human trafficking, and the potential facilitation of transnational crime and terrorism. The Venezuelan government said this wasn't true and took CNN en Español off the air, claiming the channel spread false information.

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