Taipei Times
Date: Jun 20, 2020
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

A criminal group that allegedly collaborated with Chinese “snakeheads,” or human smugglers, has been busted, the National Immigration Agency’s Border Affairs Corps announced yesterday.

The group’s two leaders, surnamed Su (蘇) and Chang (張), sold Republic of China (ROC) passports to human traffickers in China, making a profit of about NT$20 million (US$674,309) over the past 12 months, Border Affairs Corps officials said.

Su and Chang were arrested along with four other people, most of whom are officials at temples in southern and central Taiwan, they said.

Taoyuan prosecutors said they plan to indict the suspects on charges of forgery and breaching the Passport Act (護照條例).    [FULL  STORY]