Marriage blocked after probe into bogus applications

A MARRIAGE planned this week between a Pakistani man and a 19-year-old Latvian bride-to-be will not go ahead following a Garda investigation into bogus marriages.

Marriage blocked after probe into bogus applications
Tue, 26 Jan, 2010 - 00:00
Cormac O’Keeffe

Muhammad Shafi was one of 20 cricket players from Pakistan who went missing in July 2008 after the national team arrived here on a seven-day visa for a cricket tournament.

The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) is investigating over 100 cases of suspect marriages or intended marriages between Asian men and Eastern European women in Ireland.

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