peaches ,
I wouldn't doubt it.
Its quite nasty...
I know in the old days the method used to get a bogus passport was as follows:
Scour a graveyard find a headstone of a departed infant ( chances are a 6mth old or younger never had a passport) of approximate age as the person requiring the passport.
Send away for a copy of that childs birthcertificate. (back then there was no correlation , between birth and death certs , I believe in many areas there still isn't)
Viola you are now a major part of the way to assuming that person's identity
a futher example of graverobbing , quite literally , Dr.Guile