Italy: Gang used drug addicts to sell fake vaccination certificates

The massive restrictions on fundamental rights during the manufactured pandemic have led citizens to look for ways to still work and participate in social life without having to take the shots. Vaccination certificates were coveted, which meant, for example, that criminal gangs expanded their business and offered jab certificates.

One such example emerged from an investigation by the public prosecutor’s office in Catania, Sicily, into the Carabinieri’s investigation into a gang of alleged kidnappers. Carabinieri military officers executed a court order for preliminary investigations against 17 suspects. According to TGCOM24, five people were detained and four were placed under house arrest.

Jabs for drugs

As it turns out, the gang sold “real” vaccination cards. Drug addicts, equipped with false papers, had themselves vaccinated several times for a few euros or drugs in order to obtain the “Green Pass” for those who were not vaccinated. As reported by Il Messaggero, one of the drug addicts was found to have received three doses of the vaccine in less than a month, posing a further serious risk to his own health.

Among those under surveillance were also makers of hand-made weapons that were sold to local criminals. According to Il Messaggero, the measure, in which more than a hundred carabinieri are involved, is based, among other things, on the crimes of aggravated robbery, kidnapping, receiving stolen goods, the manufacture and sale of illegal weapons and the sale of drugs.