Posted on 03/03/2007 7:42:42 AM PST by WesternCulture
Swedish passports available "for 1,000 dollars"
Swedish passports are widely available on the black market, it has been revealed. Trading has become so systematic that at least twice a week the Swedish police discover several passports linked to the same personal identity number.
Despite the fact that it is apparently simple to dupe the system, the Swedish authorities still have no idea how widescale the problem is, reported newspaper Dagens Nyheter, which has carried out its own investigation into the trade.
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The price for a Swedish passport is around 1,000 dollars, or 7,000 kronor.
On October 1st 2005 the official Swedish passport issuing procedure was tightened up. A passport controller told DN that the impact was clear a few days ago when a man came in to apply for a new passport:
"I saw that he took out five passports in a fairly short space of time, so I looked at his previous passport documents on the computer, which has been possible since autumn 2005. I saw that he was not the same person as the one on all the documents," said the official.
The man will now be questioned - and has not been issued with a new passport.
On June 28th 2009 the official passport procedure will become stricter, with fingerprints becoming standard.
TT/The Local
As a Swede, I just can't get into my head why anyone would be that desperate to come to Sweden.
Sweden is an AWFUL country.
Just check this out:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8rTWHSmZ8w
where can I get one of those passports again?
"where can I get one of those passports again?"
I often wonder what it is about our Swedish, immoral, barenaked women that foreigners find so appealing.
I'm single, twenty, and there are plenty of beautiful girls why wouldn't I want a passport? Besides theres plenty of fine sight seeing in Sweden.
oh dude you might want to put up a nudity tag here some freepers might be offended, and there are probably youngins around here somewhere.
"oh dude you might want to put up a nudity tag here some freepers might be offended, and there are probably youngins around here somewhere."
- If YouTube allows it, so should Free Republic. YouTube certainly has a strict policy concerning offensive material.
Anyhow, You're Welcome to Sweden, but remember:
You have been warned!
Offical tourist site of Sweden:
http://www.visitsweden.com/
Sorry, that was the Swedish version of Visit Sweden (apparently, Swedes who wish to visit Sweden is top priority among these folks, and I was thinking we're an intelligent nation..)
Official tourist site of Sweden in English:
http://www.visitsweden.com/Default____38775.aspx
One gets the impression Sweden has a passport problem because Swedish bureacrats simply can't imagine anyone being crooked enough to forge documents - especially those nice Muslims. ;)
I agree the video is a masterpiece and I hope no one here finds it offensive. If anyone does, I'm sure they would also be appalled by a sculpture like Venus from Milo:
http://www.mazurfamily.com/paris/venus_from_milo.jpg
Swedish women are highly immoral, but I don't find them offensive. If you fail on understanding this logic, go back to stamp collecting (not addressing you personally, Mr. Jeeves).
"One gets the impression Sweden has a passport problem because Swedish bureacrats simply can't imagine anyone being crooked enough to forge documents - especially those nice Muslims. ;)"
There sure are such morons among Swedish bureaucrats, but Sweden IS actually getting tougher on immigration.
I find a lot of my fellow countrymen very naive. A lot of people in Sweden are very critical of PC politicians etc, but every now ad then you hear people saying things like "we support the US and sell them arms that are used in the WOT, therefore we have a duty to allow immigrants from Iraq".
I agree the WOT ought to be fought with a minimum of harm being done to civilians, but no country has any kind of obligation to receive hundreds of thousands of refugees. Especially not a country of 9 million inhabitants.
Hi, I am Osama Svensson and I ware curtains for cloths, as they are the "traditional" form of dress in Stockholm.
Ha,ha, a 60's movie trailer. If all I wanted was snow and blondes, I could just move to Fargo, ND.
"Swede's don't need a visa to get into the US."
SAY WHAT?
Are you beginning to trust us Swedes again - after all of my bad behavior in connection to visiting Florida in the 1990's??
Americans sure know how to fogive and forget.
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