In recent months allegations of false documents in South America, ‘in 6 months 8 thousand citizenships from Caracas’ “I am satisfied, but what has emerged is only the tip of an iceberg, the affair is really disturbing and concerns the issue of illegal immigration and above all, in this case, that of national security.” Interviewed by AdnKronos Andrea Di Giuseppe, an Fdi deputy elected abroad in the North and Central America constituency, does not show himself at all surprised after the words of Farnesina titular Antonio Tajani, who publicized the affair concerning five Hezbollah members who had managed to obtain Italian passports. For the militiamen of Lebanese origin, a request has been made to revoke their citizenship, but according to Di Giuseppe, there is still much to be done: “There is a proven mechanism of fraud,” warns Di Giuseppe, who made his own complaint 5 months ago about cases of ‘fake’ passports and visas, assigned in exchange for money. These are people who become Italian and are then on U.S. blacklists, at the center of international drug trafficking, arms trade and terrorist financing.” The Melonian exponent cites numbers from the Italian consulate in Caracas, Venezuela: “In the last six months, paperwork has passed through that location for 8,000 Italian passports.” His complaint, for which he has been threatened in recent weeks, ended up on the table at the Farnesina, opening the case, including in the press, and then leading to an intervention by the ministry. “The inspectors left, and the Consul was recalled to Rome, but there are too many things to clarify yet, I make complaints every two, three weeks, pointing out these incredible attributions of citizenship to people who then end up on American blacklists,” he explains.