{
  "id": 17156579,
  "title": "Passport fraud: Two ex-Home Affairs officials, civilian arrested in photo-swapping scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/passport-fraud-two-ex-home-affairs-officials-civilian-arrested-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T01:08:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/passport-fraud-ex-home-affairs-officials-civilian-arrested-photo-swapping-scheme/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Since July 2024, Home Affairs' anti-corruption drive has resulted in 44 arrests linked to corruption cases and the dismissal of 98 officials.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}