Irish gang forging negative Covid-19 tests for European travellers, Europol warns Police agency says ‘Rathkeale Rovers’ involved in sophisticated counterfeits
Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 13:58 Updated: Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 17:57
Ireland and several other European countries have introduced legislation requiring proof of a recent PCR test showing a negative result for Covid-19 before allowing passengers into the country. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Irish criminals are allegedly involved in the forging of negative Covid-19 tests to allow people travel within Europe, Europol has warned.
The European police agency said members of the Rathkeale Rovers gang, a group of Irish criminals operating in several European countries, are using a mobile phone application to “manually falsify test results” which are then sold onto travellers for hundreds of euro each.