Financial Cryptography reports that
A classified Dutch government report has revealed that criminals stole 341,956 passports, identity cards, visa stickers and drivers’ licences from European government facilities since 2000.
Financial Cryptography, citing 341,956 blank EU travel documents in criminal hands on NRC Handelsblad (in English).
In other words, not only government intelligence services have access to false identity documents. See our earlier coverage of this issue: Hamas claims Israel assassinated commander in Dubai – Wikinews, the free news source