Sudanese security busts up money counterfeiting ring
May 10, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) said it busted up a counterfeit money crime ring run from Uganda and apprehended one of its members.
He said the accused was arrested at an apartment in central Khartoumwith $73,000 and € 4,000 in his possession.
He added the accused faces several fraud charges and he is also wanted by the South Sudan’s authorities for criminal charges.
According to the pro-government Sudan Media Center (SMC) website, the department of hotels and lodges at NISS managed to apprehend the accused following long monitoring operations, saying he runs his criminal activities among a network run from Uganda.
The security source urged landlords and furnished apartments’ owners to swiftly contact the police if they notice any suspicious activities, asking them not to deal with any unidentified people.
He disclosed that monitoring campaigns of furnished apartments will be intensified in the coming period.
The general directorate of the security police said on Saturday that a counterfeit money ring have been busted at a Khartoum neighborhood.
An official source told the state news agency SUNA that security police followed leads that the ring, which is run from a foreign country, carries out its criminal activities in various areas in Khartoum state.
He said the ring counterfeits both local and foreign currencies, pointing they police raided the apartment and caught six ring members besides a computer and a colored printer and Sudanese and foreign currencies.
The director of the security police, Nabel Fath Allah, issued directives to the prosecutor office to continue investigation and take all legal procedures against the accused under articles 117, 119 and 120 of the criminal code.
(ST)