{
  "id": 14197631,
  "title": "Former Home Affairs officials linked to alleged ‘photo-swapping’ passport syndicate arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/former-home-affairs-officials-linked-to-alleged-photo-swapping",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T12:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/2026-10-13-former-home-affairs-officials-linked-to-alleged-photo-swapping-passport-syndicate-arrested/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two former Home Affairs officials have been arrested in Germiston over allegations that they helped foreign nationals obtain South African passports using a fraudulent “photo-swapping” scheme.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}