Seven charged over fake passports

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Seven people have been charged following raids targeting an alleged fake passport ring.

Police officers found a number of passports, money, computers, scanners and printers at five properties in Hackney, east London, on Friday.

Three men and a woman have been charged with conspiracy to manufacture and supply counterfeit documents.

A further two women and one man have been charged with possessing fake documents.

All seven are due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court later.

The details of the charges are:

<ul class="bulletList"><li>Luiz Enrique, 28, and Ranuz Cunha 24, both of Stoke Newington, north London, charged with conspiracy to make false documents and possession of articles to produce identity documents</li></ul>

<ul class="bulletList"><li>Wander Dasilva-Travarers, 36, and Camila Ferreira-Dios, 26, both of Clapton, east London, charged with conspiracy to make false documents and possession of forged identity documents </li></ul>

<ul class="bulletList"><li>Julio Cezar-Rosario, 36, Alessandra Desusa-Arocha, 26, and Benia Decarvalho, 30, all from Clapton east London, charged with possession of forged ID documents</li></ul>

The raids were made as a part of Operation Maxim, which targets organised immigration crime in London.