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An undated photo showing Mali (left) and Liel Yahalomi, an Israeli mother and daughter who went missing in Vienna on August 7, 2026, and were found alive and well in Argentina on August 14, 2026. (Israel's Embassy in Austria)
October 7, 2026, 2:48 pm
Iranians arrested in Namibia with fake passports misidentified as Mali and Liel Yahalomi
Two women, apparently mother and daughter, reportedly claimed to be Israeli, prompting mistaken conclusion they were pair who fled Israel in August and sparked days-long search
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Jeffrey Epstein, center, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Florida, July 30, 2008. (Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP)
July 18, 2019, 8:16 pm
Epstein lawyers claim fake passport was needed to hide Jewishness
Defense team for US financier accused of sex trafficking says he never used document, which was made following advice that Jewish-Americans conceal names to avoid being kidnapped
By AP and ToI Staff
Police stand outside the airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)
March 17, 2019, 6:46 am
Iranians arrested in Buenos Aires with poorly forged Israeli passports
Authorities in Argentina said to raise alert level after catching pair traveling on documents riddled with Hebrew mistakes, note proximity to embassy bombing anniversary
By ToI Staff
Head of Mossad Yossi Cohen speaks at the launch event for Libertad foundation. June 27, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 22, 2018, 7:56 pm
Counterterrorism tech is making spy craft harder, Mossad chief says
Noting rise of biometric passports, Yossi Cohen tells audience that ‘everywhere we go, we have to take into account that security services are getting stronger’
By ToI Staff
Poland's President Andrzej Duda gives a press conference on February 6, 2018, in Warsaw. (AFP/Janek Skarzynski)
October 10, 2018, 8:37 am
Polish leader honors WWII diplomat who issued fake passports to save Jews
Ceremony in Switzerland inaugurates new gravestone for Konstanty Rokicki, who is praised by Andrzej Duda as ‘brighter star in that night of black despair’
By AP
Members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, stand under an Islamic State (IS) banner in the recently recaptured Syrian town of Al-Karamah, as they advance to encircle the jihadists' stronghold on Raqqa, on March 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
September 10, 2017, 1:00 pm
IS reportedly holding 11,100 blank Syrian passports
German authorities believe stolen documents are genuine identity papers, making them a valuable tool for forgers
By AFP
An American-Israeli Jewish teenager, accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, is escorted by police as he leaves a courtroom in Rishon Lezion on March 23, 2017. (AFP/Jack Guez)
April 6, 2017, 2:29 pm
JCC bomb hoaxer made millions selling forged docs online — report
After finding his bitcoin account, investigators believe Israeli-American teen sold counterfeit IDs on dark net for cryptocurrency
By ToI Staff
Adolfo Kaminsky with daughter and biographer Sarah Kaminsky. (Amit Israeli)
March 6, 2017, 4:28 pm
The WWII counterfeiter who forged ahead in the face of horror
Adolfo Kaminksy created fake documents that saved thousands of Jews in the Holocaust. Now his daughter tells his tale in a biography which opened a new page in their relationship
By Anne Joseph
Illustrative. An Israeli passport. (Flash90)
October 12, 2016, 11:10 pm
Three Iranians caught in Italy with fake Israeli passports
Israel checking whether the 3, who were deported to Turkey, are tied to Iranian global terror plots against Israelis
By ToI Staff
A mugshot of Iranian passport forger 'The Doctor' Hamid Reza Jafary (L) is displayed with his cohorts at the Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok on July 22, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA)
July 29, 2016, 1:44 pm
The fall of Iranian ‘doctor’ who forged Israeli and lots of other passports
For years, Hamid Reza Jafary evaded arrest, thanks to a network of Pakistani lieutenants and a low-key lifestyle. Now he languishes in a Thai jail, after a rare slip brought down his empire
By Aidan JONES
Fake passports are displayed at the immigration bureau in Bangkok on February 10, 2016, after Thai police broke up a major fake passport ring led by an Iranian known as 'The Doctor' which sent thousands of passports to Middle Eastern customers trying to enter Europe. (AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI)
April 12, 2016, 12:03 pm
Suspected forger nabbed in Thailand carrying Israeli passports
Expert Pakistani stitcher arrested in Bangkok, alleged to be sixth member of Iranian-led forgery ring
By Sue Surkes
Fake passports are displayed at the immigration bureau in Bangkok on February 10, 2016 after Thai police broke up a major fake passport ring led by an Iranian known as "The Doctor". (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
February 10, 2016, 4:19 pm
Thai cops bust Iranian master forger ‘The Doctor’
Hamid Reza Jafary and gang allegedly crafted sophisticated passports for Middle Easterners trying to enter Europe illegally
By Sally Mairs
Illustrative. An Israeli passport. (Flash90)
January 24, 2016, 12:25 pm
Iranians caught in India with fake Israeli passports
Couple arrested in Chennai International Airport say they thought documents would help them immigrate to the US
By Lee Gancman
An image of the Syrian passport found at the Stade de France after the bombings there on November 13, 2015
December 11, 2015, 8:02 pm
Islamic State may have passport printing machine
US intelligence report warns terror group may have already used fake documents produced in Syria to infiltrate America
By ToI Staff
Image taken from video broadcast by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) as NCPO spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree, left, discusses the arrest of a man, right, in Bangkok, 12 days after a bombing at Erawan Shrine, In this Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. (National Council for Peace and Order via AP)
August 30, 2015, 11:42 am
Bangkok bomb suspect uncooperative, Thai army head says
Police believe deadly attack may have been revenge for crackdown on human traffickers moving illegal immigrants
By Jerome TAYLOR and Boonradom CHITRADON
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