EIRP Proceedings, Vol 4 (2009)

Abstract

Identity theft has become a growth industry and organized crime threatens to trigger trade disputes between countries of the world. Forgery of administrative documents, in particular payment instruments, documents of identity and travel documents are used for national and transnational criminal activities. In the category of identity papers and travel bulletins are included identity, identity cards and passports. The common goal of the biometric identification is followed to prevent the entry into the territory of the States of the terrorists, drug traffickers, counterfeit cards, identity documents and travel.