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China, France, United Kingdom, Vanuatu
Vanuatu passports a golden gateway to Europe for Chinese intelligence

By Antoine Izambard and Louis Raymond
Reading time 3 minutes
Aerial view of Nouméa (New Caledonia), with Russian, Vanuatu and Chinese passports.
Aerial view of Nouméa (New Caledonia), with Russian, Vanuatu and Chinese passports. © Camille Moirenc/Hemis via AFP//Viorika/iStock//Montage Bénédicte Gouttebroze/Indigo Publications

Vanuatu files 2/3. Suspected Chinese intelligence officers used Vanuatu passports that allowed them to use changed names to enter Europe. Border police in France's territory of New Caledonia have also dealt with "suspicious" cases.

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