The irresponsible in the time of Covid: false negative tests for traveling
In this pandemic we saw the best of us, people helping each other, fundraisers, food collections [...]
In this pandemic we have seen the better of us, people helping each other, fundraisers, food collections for the needy, tireless work of doctors and health workers who are to be applauded.
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Unfortunately, however, the coin always has two sides; in fact, we also got to see the worse of us, the side selfish and irresponsible of many people who ensured that the contagion numbers did not decrease, thwarting the efforts of those who followed all the rules.
In the cauldron of irresponsible you also place a number of people who, through contrivances, managed to produce and supply certificates of negativity To properly forged swabs.
False negative swabs to go on vacation
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In a recent inquiry journalism carried out by the TV program Le Iene, a system was discovered that issued false certificates in order to travel abroad.
It all started from aagency of travel Italian who managed to falsify as many 500 certificates, associated with as many tickets of various kinds. The agency offered the service at a cost of 75€.
7 arrested in Paris, sold fake certificates at airport
They operated at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and sold under the table certificates of molecular test negativity for Covid-19.
The costs were between 150 and the 300€. In the criminals' cell phones were found more than 200 fake certificates, now face 5 years in prison and nearly 400,000€ fine for forgery and complicity in fraud.
More than 45,000 fake certificates seized in Bangkok
Chen Lei and Wein Pinpin are the names of the two Chinese nationals arrested in Bangkok. They were in the process of bringing into the country 45,000 tests for Covid that always returned a negative result, as well as 1,200 scanner thermometers and 350,000 masks.
It is unclear whether the couple was aware that the tests always returned negative results or whether they were swabbing phony or they were simply testing unsuitable for Covid-19. What is clear is that the arrest will cost him dearly.
In Spain, fake certificates were being sold via the Internet
40 € was enough to get a certificate of negativity false in Spain, dispatch within 24h. Madrid police arrested a 26-year-old woman from Honduras with no criminal record, now facing charges of attack to public health and falsification of documents.
Alerting law enforcement officials to a laboratory of the Spanish capital, the woman in fact used the laboratory's name and logo to illegally distribute the fake certificates.
Europol's warning
In an official statement theEuropol warns about these illegal practices that are also becoming increasingly common in European Union countries.
We all know that it is a time difficult And we look forward to sitting back in a restaurant in the evening with a large group of friends or travel with the right serenity as in the days before the Coronavirus. But these are not the right means to "cheat the system" because the one who remains cheated the most in this case is the entire community.