From the Counterterrorism Blog:
Today Thai authorities announced arrests in an enormous counterfeit passport ring. 12 people were arrested and some 20,000 fake passports were seized. It was the second such arrest in the past month.
The 12-person gang, included Thais, Burmese, and Indonesians. The 20,000 passports were from a diverse group of countries: Burma, Brunei, Canada, [...]

The US city of Houston is confronting a flood of fake identity documents that are being sold to illegal immigrants.
From the Houston Chronicle:
Illegal immigrants fearful of being caught in stepped-up workplace raids are fueling a growing market in Houston for phony immigration and work documents.
The result, experts say, is a glut of false, altered and [...]

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that British Colombia is becoming the place to go to purchase a fake ID.
B.C. has become an international centre for the production of fake ID cards and a “loophole” in Canadian law means police here are largely powerless to stop it, according to an internal report by the Canada Border [...]