Overview
- The 36-year-old arrived from Naples and was stopped after a customs tip at Cologne/Bonn Airport on October 25.
- Bundespolizei searched his baggage and found 21 counterfeit Italian identity cards and driver's licenses, seizing them along with a smartphone.
- Prosecutors opened proceedings for document forgery and for procuring false official identity documents.
- A magistrate ordered pre-trial detention before the Cologne district court imposed a €2,400 fine in an accelerated procedure on October 28.
- The BKA is engaging Italian counterparts for a developing cross-border inquiry, and the seized items remain secured as evidence.