They arrested the most wanted falsifier in Spain: he is 70 years old and is Argentinian

The suspect, called Néstor Aníbal, his son and ten other people were arrested after nearly a year of investigations that ended when A full laboratory dedicated to the preparation of apocryphal documentation has been found, the largest found so far in Spain, as explained.

Police carried out nine raids across the country, during which were found laser engravers, industrial machines, six laser printers, two tampography and thermography presses, two scanners, three state-of-the-art computer equipment and about 2,000 blank cards, most with integrated chip, which testify to a great knowledge of the subject, sophisticated and professional.

By giving details of the "Operation Jackal", the authorities indicated that Hannibal was a true "craftsman" of the fake document and it was hard to discover the plagiarism that he realized.

Hannibal changed labs from time to time, and the last one, now dismantled, was in an office building in the city of Rivas Vaciamadrid in Madrid, which had a facade dedicated to printing. a man "meticulous" and also self-taughtalthough they have some knowledge of the printing press or are devoted to it at some point in their lives.

They referred to him as "pbadionate" perfectionist of his work to the point that, when he was arrested, he himself explained to the police how he was doing the wrong because he had developed techniques for drying the ink.

According to the sources, the detainee had been in Spain irregularly for 30 years and had used the identities of Juan Carlos, Alfredo and Mateo. In his possession, they found 25,000 euros that he had kept in a safe.