The immigrants would have to pay between 6000 and 8000 Euros to participate in the journey and most would disperse upon their arrival to Germany.[4] It soon emerged that a similar method was applied in other Turkish Municipalities as well.[5] The passports would be withdrawn once the illegal immigrants arrived in Germany.[6] The fact that people who wouldn't be able to receive a legal passport, were able to obtain an apparently legally issued diplomatic grey passport, raised suspicions that the scheme was operating with some complicity from within the Turkish Ministry of the Interior, which was responsible of the vetting process of the agencies allowed to release such passports.[4]