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Viewing cable 06TALLINN362, FRAUD SUMMARY ? TALLINN: SECOND QTR FY2006

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06TALLINN362 2006-04-18 14:53 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Tallinn
VZCZCXRO6580
RR RUEHAG RUEHDA RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN RUEHLZ
RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHTL #0362/01 1081453
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 181453Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY TALLINN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8481
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TALLINN 000362 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR CA/FPP; DEPT ALSO PASS TO KCC: POSTS FOR FRAUD 
PREVENTION MANAGERS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: KFRD VIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
SUBJECT:  FRAUD SUMMARY ? TALLINN:  SECOND QTR FY2006 
 
REF:   A) 06 TALLINN 099; B) 06 TALLINN 109; C) 05 TALLINN 964 
D) 05 STATE 205073 
 
Answers keyed to ref D: 
 
A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS:   Estonia's economy is growing (GDP up 9.8 
percent in 2005), boosted by the country's 2004 accession to the EU, 
other factors.  In March 2005 unemployment stood at 5.9 percent natio 
was considerably higher in some regions.  The standard of living is o 
than that found in western European countries.  In most families, in 
husband and wife are employed.  Russian and Estonian organized crime 
exist throughout Estonia and members sometimes seek U.S. visas. 
 
Because Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union for 50 years, a larg 
of Russian speakers remains in Estonia. Relations between the Estonia 
and the Russian-speaking minority are sometimes strained.  As of 2005 
persons in Estonia were considered stateless and traveled on Estonian 
"alien passports", which do not accord the same travel privileges to 
Schengen countries as Estonian passports.   The number of stateless p 
decreasing due to naturalization.   In 2005, 89 percent of Posts' NIV 
held Estonian passports, 5 percent stateless alien passports, 5 perce 
passports, and 1 percent passports from some other country.  A machin 
readable Estonian passport has been issued since February 2002, and a 
digitized since May 1 2005.  The alien passport is made to the same s 
the Estonian citizen passport and is machine readable and photo-digit 
Passport with biometric data chip is expected in 2007. 
 
The volume of Estonian travel to the United States is low, due largel 
country's small population.  Additionally, there are currently no dir 
flights between Estonia and the United States, nor is there a large E 
American population in the United States.  In 2004, according to DHS 
there were 8,230 nonimmigrant admissions of Estonian nationals to the 
States. 
 
B. NIV FRAUD: NIV fraud in Estonia centers on attempts to enter the U 
States to work illegally on a B1/B2 visa.  Significant NIV fraud is n 
Post; however, occasional bogus job letters and bank statements and f 
contact information are occasionally presented.  Post processed 7,709 
2004, with an adjusted refusal rate of 9.28 percent.  Visa staff perf 
checks of job letters and of the legitimacy of U.S. contact informati 
by applicants.  A recent check revealed a cluster of unsuccessful NIV 
all giving the same Brooklyn NY resident as the person in the U.S. th 
visit; a CCD check revealed the same point of contact used by an appl 
refused in Tashkent in 2003. 
 
C. IV FRAUD:   Tallinn is not an IV issuing post, but it accepts peti 
spouses and children of American Citizens.  Embassy Helsinki performs 
immigrant visa processing for residents of Estonia.  Post does not be 
there is significant marriage fraud, though we have encountered the o 
"not clearly approvable" petition. 
 
D. DV FRAUD:   Post does not issue diversity visas. 
 
E. ACS AND PASSPORT FRAUD:  Post reports no ACS fraud. 
 
F. ADOPTION:  Post does not issue visas for adopted children but does 
I-604 investigations.   Post has not detected fraud related to adopti 
 
G. ASYLUM AND OTHER DHS FRAUD:   Post is not aware of significant 
DHS benefit fraud.  There have been apparent asylum fraud investigati 
from DHS involving stateless or Russian passport holder claiming asyl 
U.S. based on dubious claims of persecution in Estonia.  Post has not 
case, however, since early 2005.  Recently, the use in the United Sta 
altered I-797C H1B approval notice by an Estonian national was brough 
Post's attention.  The form had surfaced in the media when it was use 
connection with an international chess federation matter.  Post Fraud 
manager and RSO are investigating whether the altered form was ever u 
gain U.S. immigration benefits. 
 
H. .COOPERATION WITH HOST GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES:  Post 
has received excellent cooperation from Estonian authorities, particu 
Interior Ministry, the Citizenship and Migration Board, the Criminal 
national Security Police, and the Border Guards.   In February 2006, 
of the Interior provided Post with electronic lists of all passports 
alien) ever reported as lost of stolen.  The lists included 81,307 is 
passports and 119 blank Estonian passports.  Post has since kept CLAS 
updated, forwarding lost and stolen data on an additional 1,399 Eston 
passports and 151 stateless passports. 
 
Any Estonian or Estonian-issued alien passport can be checked against 
Migration Boards' lost and stolen document database at their website: 
http://www.mig.ee/eng/inquiries/ 
 
I. AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN:  Estonia remains a source, transit 
and destination country for trafficking in persons.  Women trafficked 
are mostly destined for other European countries, particularly Scandi 
Nordic countries.  Estonia hopes to join the Schengen area in 2007. 
occurs illegal immigration into Estonia may increase as it becomes a 
onward passport-free travel to the rest of the EU.  At a recent visit 
Guards at Tallinn airport, Post was told that 80 percent of airport p 
 
TALLINN 00000362  002 OF 002 
 
 
traffic is to or from Schengen countries. Currently, the largest sing 
fraudulent document users encountered by at Tallinn international air 
Moldovan nationals using Romanian passports, falsified or as imposter 
 
J. STAFFING AND TRAINING: The consular section consists of two office 
one consular associate and two FSNs. Both help with fraud prevention 
required.  Both officers have completed PC541 Fraud Prevention for Co 
Managers. 
 
WOS