Mumbai Terror Attack Letter To Bloomberg

Date:8th December 2008.

To,
Vipin V. Nair
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avCjdA14VaQg&refer=home
vnair12@bloomberg.net

This is in regard to your news report titled “India Cuts Death Toll in Mumbai Terror Attacks to 163” on 6th December 2008. Among other things it reports about the SIM card used in the terror purchased by the unscrupulous people with fake or forged ID documents. Its ends with the words “ends with the statement; “waiting for concrete proof to be handed over.” Here my proposal of a new technical way of getting the concrete evidence or proof, which meets the International standardsthe so to arrest and convicting the culprits behind with the terror attacks.


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. 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. And most importantly all the bank account 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. They would have accomplished it effortlessly without even the suspects knowing whether they are under the investigation! From the available bank money transaction 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. Or they can produce these concrete recorded bank money evidence that meets the international standard before the world governments to expatriate the suspects (if they are outside the county) 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 the corruption or the wicked human crimes as a whole. To know more on this subject matter search “IT To Root-Out Corruption”

Valerian Texeira.

http://www.anticorruption-it.info
http://i-opinion-about.blogspot.com/2008/12/biometric-identity-in-bank-accounts.html