Two Foreigners Arrested at AIBD for Identity Fraud and Migrant Trafficking

Two foreign nationals were arrested on May 25, 2026 at Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) for identity fraud and migrant trafficking. The suspects, identified as Albanna Martin Issa (holding a Swedish passport) and an individual using a Norwegian passport under the false identity Halil Ali Kataya, were apprehended as they were about to board a Brussels Airlines flight to Brussels. Investigation revealed that the latter, whose real name is Abdallah Deep Abdallah Aljayyar, had obtained the travel document for 8,000 euros and confessed to the crime.