reporter: we're in victoria square, a neighbourhood that's become a notorious hub of organised crime.ollowing a tip-off from within the judiciary, we're here to track down a fake passport ring allegedly run by pakistanis who are said to control most of this illegal business. we meet two members of the ring, who seem unperturbed by our cameras. they tell us we can follow them as they pick up a fake passport for an iranian refugee. job done, they head off looking relaxed as though their work were perfectly above-board. they openly ply their trade using viber and whatsapp. we follow them to one of their makeshift headquarters, a 2-room apartment. business is flourishing, they tell us. selling up to 250 passports per week makes them a few hundred thousand euros. when i ask about the passport for the iranian refugee, they tell me he's planning on heading to germany. >> this is what kind of passport? >> syrian, arab republic. >> super quality? number one. how expensive is number one? >> sometimes plus 3,000 euros. reporter: french, albanian, portugese, greek, canadian and u.s. passports. so

. >> victoria square. athens. for some, these "desperate journeys: a global crisis" people are a business opportunity. the cafes around the square are teeming with human smugglers. they are middlemen and negotiators. >> you can really see after five minutes i'm sure about these, somebody said, if you want, go to any country, i can help you. and i'm sure this is illegal. >> with the northern border effectively closed for most of the refugees, they say they have only two options, either pay smugglers or get stuck in grease. this is disaster time for criminal gangs. as long as war guarantees a steady supply. on my first meeting with a smuggler from south sudan, he took two pach passport photos f. costincosting 350 euros. before my photo was laminated he wanted his euros. >> i can put 100 or 200, you can come with me, otherwise, i'm sorry you cannot. >> my i.d? >> yes. >> reporter: the smuggler kept calling us the next day but we didn't respond. the smuggling business in athens is a vast industry with different layers

. >> reporter: victoria square, athens, a place popular with refugees and migrants. every day they come to get information about the boarder, and alternative routes to get out of grease. for some. these straight people are a business opportunity. the cafes around the square are teaming with smugglers, middlemen and negotiators. >> really, you can see just five minutes. after five minutes i am sure about this. somebody said if you want. go to any country, i can't help you. and i am sure this is legal. with the boarder closed to refugees, they say they have two options, to pay smugglers or be stuck in greece. this is a time for criminal gangs. they'll take the money as long as war guarantee a supply of the desperate and uprooted. >> through refugees contacts we were let to a smuggler from south sudan. in my meeting he took to passports from me. later he push turned up with a british passport. costing 350 euros. before my photo was laminated into it, the smuggler wanted his money. at this point we stalled the process. >>> the smuggler called us the next day, we did not

. >> reporter: victoria square, ath ens, a place popular with refugees and migrants stuck in greece. every day they come here to get information about the border, and alternative routes to get out of greece. for some there's desperate people who see a business opportunity. there are many people smugglers. >> translation: really you can see just five minutes, after five minutes i'm sure about this, somebody said if you want, go to any country. i can't help you. i'm sure this is illegal. >> reporter: with the border effectively closed for most of the refugees, they say they only have two options to either pay smugglers or get stuck in greece. this disaster is booming business time for criminal gangs who will keep making their money as long as war guarantees a steady supply of people uprooted. we were led to a smuggler from south sudan. when i met him he took two passports photos for me and i was asked to wait for his call. later in the evening he turned up with a british passport which he said would cost us 350 euros. before my photo was laminated into it, the smuggler wanted his money

. >> reporter: victoria square, athens. a place popular with refugees and migrants stuck in greece. every day they come here to get information about the border and alternative routes to get out of greets. for some these desperate people are a business opportunity. the cafÉs around the square are teaming with people smugglers, their middle man and negotiators. >> translation: really you can see in just five minutes, i'm sure about this, somebody said, if you want go to any country, i can help you, and i'm sure this is illegal. >> reporter: with the border closed for most of the refugees, they say they only have two options, to either pay smugglers or get stuck in greece. this disaster is business time for criminal gangs. they will keep on continuing that's business. we were led to a smuggler. on my first meeting with him he took two passport photos from me and i was supposed to wait for his call. later in the evening he turned up with a british passport which he says will cost us 350 euros. before my photo was laminated into it, he wanted his money. it's at this point we decided to

including in victoria square. it's turned into a temporary camp. most are no longer permitted to across the boarder. >> countries that they are not allowed to across the boarders. they are feeling sad and hopeless. >> the governments await. their struggle to find a home is paused, but not over. every day they are in greece, they remained welcome. >> the u.s. secretary of state says none of the ceasefire violations are significant enough to end the truce. john kerry has been discussing the deal. the pair agreed not to discuss violations in public, and future attacks targetting isil. there are reports of violence in some hearse, this shows fighting in hama, where the main opposition says the government is violating the ceasefire. these pictures show soldiers are targetting fighters. al jazeera is near the turkey syrian boarder. the truce here is in danger of collapsing. >> it's getting worse since day one of the truce. day one largely holding. day two was worse than day one, and so for my own account, and our own account the last three days there hav

. >> reporter: victoria square, athens. a place popular with refugees and migrants stuck in greece. every day they come here to get information about the border and alternative routes to get out of greece. but for some these desperate people are a business opportunity. the cafÉs around the square is teaming with human smugglers. they're middle men and negotiators. >> really you can see after five minutes, i'm sure about this, somebody said, if you want, go to any country, i can help you. i'm sure this is illegal. >> reporter: with the border effectively closed for most of the refugees, they say they have only two options, to either pay smugglers or get stuck in greece. this disaster is booming business time for criminal gangs. they will keep making money as long as war has the steady supply of those desperate and uprooted. >> reporter: i met a man, a smuggler, who took two passports photos from me. he wanted 300 euros for this. it is at this point we decided to stall the process. he wanted the money for fake id. >> reporter: the smuggler kept calling us the next day but we didn't re

. >> reporter: victoria square, athens. a place popular with refugees and migrants.ry day they come here to get information about the border, and alternative routes to get out of greece, but for some these desperate people are a business opportunity. the cafes around the square are teeming with human smugglers, they are middlemen and negotiators. >> really you can just say just after five minutes, i'm sure about this, somebody says if you want, go to any country, i can help you. >> reporter: with the northern border effectively closed for most refugees they say they have two options to pay smugglers or go back. they will keep taking their money as long as war guaranteed a steady supply of the desperate and uprooted. through refugees contact we were lead to a smuggler from south sudan. he asked us to wait for his call. later in this the evening he turned up with a british passport which he said will cost 350 euros, but before my photo was laminated into it, the smuggler wanted his money. it was at this point we decided to stall the process. >> we'll give you the money

. >> reporter: victoria square, athens, a place popular with refugees and migrants stuck in greece. every day they come here to get information about the border and alternative routes to get out of greece. for some these desperate people are a business opportunity. the cafÉs around the square are teaming with human smugglers. >> really you can see just five minutes, after five minutes, i'm sure about this, somebody said, if you want to go to any country, i can help you, and i'm sure this is illegal. >> reporter: with the border effectively closed for most of the refugees, they say they now have only two options, to either pay smugglers or get stuck in greece. this is booming business time for criminal gangs. they will keep collecting their money as long as war gives an endless supply of these people. >> reporter: i contacted a smuggler from south sudan. he took two passport photos from me. he turned up with a british passport later which will said would cost us 350 e urngs ros. before-- euros. before my photo was laminated into it he wanted his money. it is at that point we decided

. >> reporter: victoria square, athens, a place popular with refugees and migrants stuck in greece. evidence day they come here to get information about the border and alternative routes to get out of greece. for some these desperate people are a business opportunity. the cafÉs are teaming with people smugglers. >> you can see in five minutes, i'm sure about this, somebody says, if you want to go to any country, i can help you. i'm sure this is illegal. >> reporter: with the border closed for most of the refugees, they say they only have two options, to either pay smugglers or get struck in greece. this disaster is a situation which will make these criminal gangs to make money as long as there is a desperate supply of decemb december-- desperate and displaced. >> reporter: i found this smuggler and asked for a passport. he said it will cost us 350 euros, but before my photo was laminated into it the smuggler wanted his money. we decided to stall the process at this point >>> >>> >> reporter: >> reporter: the smuggler kept calling us the next day, but we didn't respond. the smuggling

. >>> hundreds of migrants and refugees spending another day in athens, victorias square.they waited as the northern border with macedonia remained shut allowing a trickle of people through. >>> that's the cnbc news update this hour. ty, back to you. >> thank you very much, sue. >>> to the bond market, rick santelli tracking the action. >> before we get to the charts, keep the following in mind. the s&p is up over 50 points on the week. it closed at 1948 last week, over 2,000 now. keep that in mind. look at intraday of 10s. yields up, not knocking in 190, having closed at the 190 door since the first day of february, as you see on that chart. open it up and what is interesting is the following. that if you look at a one year chart, what you'll notice is that on the left side, we have a lot of action right at this 190, 187 level. certainly looks like we're going to test 2% again. if you look at the dollar index, intraday, it kind of is unusual for day rates. you consider that rates are up 13 basis points and tens, look at the week in the dollar index. it is down. remember t

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