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June 04, 2004
International Passport Crackdown
From the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) :
Trade ministers at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Chile have agreed to set up a database to track down lost and stolen passports.

A new strategy has been approved to counter terrorists and illegal immigrants travelling on false passports with trade ministers from 21 APEC countries agreeing to a system known as the Regional Movement Alert List.

For the first time, authorities will have access to a common data base listing lost or stolen passports.

It will make it easier to detect those travelling on stolen passports that have been doctored, including those used by asylum seekers.

Australia, the United States and Chile sponsored the new initiative, which is due to start at the end of the year and will be formally announced tomorrow.

Posted by Alan Brain at June 4, 2004 10:01 PM | TrackBack
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