Biometric Identity to Prevent Forged ID’s Used in Crimes.

This is mainly in regard to the news media report on 6th December 2006 that the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) have arrested two terror suspect who with fake or forged ID documents purchased the SIM card later used Mumbai terror attack.

It is a well known fact that the terrorist use of phones particularly the cell phones as one of their most lethal weapon in coordinating and mounting their gruesome terror attacks. To deter it the government places some strong security checks to make sure the identity of the person buying those phone connections. The buyers required to produce their voters photo identity cards and other related documents to get the phone connections including the SIM cards. However these kind of ID requirements mostly fail in prevent the unscrupulous people buying the phone connection with fake or forged ID document, which is exactly what had happend. In my opinion this kind of fake or bogus identity in security matters will continue unabated unless the Government place some new kind of ID security check requirement to prevent it.

Here is my suggestion to prevent the criminals from using the forged or bogus ID. The Government should bring a policy that any one buying or selling important security matters like credit cards, phone connection, or the SIM card (including its recharge), weapons, explosives, drugs or any big transfer of money or asset should do it only through their bank to the others bank account (by the credit card, or electronic money transaction it also includes bank D/D or the check). And most importantly all the bank accounts should have biometric identity mainly the “fingerprints” to identify it. I call it Mandatory Biometric Identity (MBID) policy in all bank accounts. In this way it will make it impossible for any one to buy a phone connection or other security matter with fake identity including to the Mumbai terrorist. And perhaps they would not have able to carry out that Mumbai terror attacks at all.

Now some one may argue, those committed to the terrorist cause would obtain those security matters like phone connection, etc, at any cost even buying it from their own MBID bank account! Of Course it is a possibility. However if it happens then the law enforcement with the help of the MBID technology in all bank accounts can immediately track down and look into all the details of the money transaction of that account and get all its record evidences effortlessly. It will enable them to arrest and convict cuprites with great success.

Take for example the two suspect who supplied the SIM used by the Terrorist. If the BID policy in place then the law enforcement would have immediately tracked down, entreated and look into all details of the money transaction of the suspects account. From which any other bank accounts or credit cards through out the country having their MBID. Most importantly the purchase of all their phone connections including SIM cards, any weapons or explosives or any things bought under any of these accounts. Further down all the other bank accounts that it made its money transactions with. It may lead into to the investigation of finding details of all those bank accounts. Similarly the investigation of all the phone call contact numbers. So the entire network of the terror suspect come under the ATS’s (law enforcement agencies) scanner. They would have accomplished it effortlessly without even the suspects knowing whether they are under the investigation! From the available bank money transactions, phone contact number and other such records the law enforcement able to decide whether their suspect are guilty or not guilty and to what extent. So they can finally arrest and successfully convict the culprit. They can produce these concrete recorded bank money transaction evidence of buying things used in the terror attack that meets the international standard before the world governments In case they need to expatriate the suspects from abroad for the trial to convict them.

So when the MBID in all bank account policy placed in all countries in the world it will successfully combat and eradicate terrorism and other crimes that mainly stems from corruption. To know more on this subject matter search “IT To Root-Out Corruption”

Valerian Texeira.

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