Regional Security Officials say ID fraud on the rise

Regional security officials are reporting an increase in the use of fake birth certificates and national identification cards to obtain legitimate travel documents.



This is one of the findings of a regional workshop on Best Practices in Document Security and Fraud Prevention, now taking place in Grenada.



Brian Sullivan, the Program Manager for document security in the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism, said people are exploiting the weaknesses in birth certificates and national ID cards system.