When detained, documents — suspected of being false identity documents — were seized with phones, financial documentation and cash. Detectives seized what also appeared to be false documents, but also airline tickets and evidence from parcel delivery services. Operation Mombasa is a multi-jurisdictional investigation that began in late 2018 and is centred on an organised crime group of non-nationals resident in Ireland. The investigation that followed these arrests led to the discovery that the gang had sourced false documents from Ireland. Subsequent inquiries established that two families from Georgia living in Dublin are allegedly producing and providing false documents to other individuals across Europe.

Source: Irish Examiner December 10, 2019 18:45 UTC