FG calls for law against sham marriages

FINE GAEL have called for a specific criminal offence to end sham marriages after gardaí freed two Latvian women who were being held against their will and pressurised into marriage.

Gardaí suspect the women, aged 19 and 25, were being ordered to marry two Asian men.

This would enable the men — from India and Pakistan — to get a Latvian passport, which would allow them to travel, live and work throughout the EU.