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In which country was the underwater hockey team created solely for the purpose of emigration?

In 2003, several Moldovan women illegally emigrated to Canada, calling themselves the Moldovan women's underwater hockey team. The scam was turned by another citizen of Moldova, who collected a certain amount of money from the girls. In order for them to be issued visas, the fake team even traveled to Egypt beforehand, where they allegedly held sports training camps.

As soon as the plane with the national team arrived in Canada, where the World Cup was to be held, all the "athletes" disappeared, and after a while they applied for refugee status.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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