Corruption Is The Root-Cause of Terrorism

CORRUPTION leads to social injustice, unrest, violence, subjugation that basically gives birth to extremism and the terrorism. Ironically corruption also makes the terrorist attack absolutely possible. In this regard, most important of all is the ‘money-laundering’ the main source of Terrorist Finance, which most importantly provides the basic sustenance, logistics, arms and ammunitions for the terrorist attack.

However what really enables the terrorist leaders or its top brass to successfully disguise or hide so escape detection from the law enforcement agencies while carrying out all the above mentioned terrorist activities (including the financing) is basically their use the *fake or forged ID* (or having no ID at all) in obtaining all those logistics security matters mentioned above (specially phone connections, bank accounts, credit cards, arms and ammunitions) which then used as deadly terror weapons but leave no concrete evidence or the fingerprint (biometric ID) records of people who have purchased it. Therefore after all, it is the fake ID (or no ID at all), which enables the terrorists (specially its leaders) to carry on their sinister terrorist activities but at the same time successfully conceal or hide from the legal identification, detection arrest, most importantly escape from the conviction so to continue to promote their further terrorist attack with impunity.

Above all, what makes the creation of fake ID fundamentally possible is the conventional ID documents containing mainly the NAME, ADDRESS, and the SIGNATURE. It is basically prone to serious fraud or security breach as the corruption perpetrators can successfully forge it and produce all kinds of fake or bogus ID documents when needed to carry out their criminal, activities.

However the government can easily prevent the menace of the fake ID by bringing in the Biometric Identity (BID) especially the fingerprints (along with the name, address and signature) in the ID security matters, as it is absolutely impossible to anyone to forge or fake their biometric identity. In fact the photo and fingerprint ID which are the two main BID components remains compulsory in some very important security matters like passport, voters ID, driving license, criminal records etc. Ironically however it is not yet been introduced where it need the most, to prevent corruption in all financial security matters basically to prevent the fake ID bank accounts. As the terrorist leaders hide behind it while providing finance and other logistics for the terrorist attack and to escape from the legal detection.

Therefore in order to detect and catch the terrorist leaders hiding behind the fake ID (or no ID) while providing finance for the terrorist activities; the governments should first of all bring in a policy of compulsory or Mandatory Biometric Identity (MBID) in all bank accounts with the stipulation that ‘all money transactions above a given amount should be only made through the bank to bank accounts’. Especially any one buying, selling important, social, communication and national SECURITY matters like credit cards, voters ID, dwelling rents, driving license, phone connection, weapons, explosives, drugs or any large sums of money transfer should do its only through the Electronic or E-money (bank to bank) accounts.

Basically it is an unprecedented but extraordinarily simple ‘all in one’ anti-corruption, anti-terrorism solution. Among other things most importantly it saves the Government the enormous financial, labour and other cost burden of requiring people to produce separate BID for “every thing” and “every time” while buying and selling those security matters. But at the same time it successfully prevents the criminals producing the fake ID while buying any such security matters thereby basically root-out corruption along with terrorism.

Its principle document titled: IT To Root-Out Corruption” Published on 2^nd Jan 2009

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Corruption The Root-Cause of Terrorism

Corruption The Root-Cause of Terrorism

CORRUPTION leads to social injustice, unrest that basically gives birth to extremism and the terrorism. Ironically it is the same corruption, which also makes the terrorist attack possible. In this regard, most important of all is the ‘money-laundering’ the main source of Terrorist Finance, which most importantly provides its basic sustenance, logistics, arms and ammunitions (cash, credit card for food, shelter, travel, communications, cell-phone SIM card, vehicles training, guns explosives etc) for the terrorist attack.

However what really enables the terrorist leaders or its top brass to successfully disguises hide and escape detection from the law enforcement agencies while carrying out all the above mentioned terrorist activities is basically the use the *fake or forged ID* (or having no ID at all) in obtaining all those things, security matters mentioned above (specially phone connections, credit cards, arms and ammunitions) which then used as deadly terror weapons but leave no concrete evidence or the fingerprint records of its purchase by terrorist money laundering, network mainly by its leadership. Therefore it is the fake ID (or no ID at all), which enables the terrorist leadership to escape from the legal identification, detection arrest the most importantly from the conviction so to continue to promote the terrorist attack.

Therefore the prevention of corruption particularly the elimination of fraud or fake ID is utmost important to prevent the terrorist attack. However the conventional ID documents containing name address and signature of a person very much prone to fraud or security breach. As the corruption perpetrators can successfully forge it and produce all kinds of fake or bogus ID documents. However by adding the Biometric Identity (BID) specially the fingerprints into it can absolutely prevent any one from faking it.

Therefore in order to combat the terrorist hiding behind the fake ID(or no ID) the governments first of all needs to get rid of corruption in all those ID security required areas. It can be singularly accomplished by bringing in a policy of compulsory or Mandatory Biometric Identity (MBID) in all bank accounts and any one buying, selling or transferring important financial, social, communication and national SECURITY matters like credit cards, voters ID, dwelling rents, driving license, phone connection (including cell-phone, SIM card etc), weapons, explosives, drugs or any big transfer of money or asset should do its money transaction only through their bank to the others bank account. Finally to conclude it in once sentence; ‘it will successfully end the menace of fake ID in security matters thereby root-out corruption along with terrorism.

Valerian Texeira

St. Joseph Nagar

Mangalore -575002

India

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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.

http://www.anticorruption-it.info
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Biometric Identity In Bank Accounts Policy to Counter Terrorism

Immediately after every major terror attack there comes the outburst of public anger and grief the leaders condemnation and the assurances among other things to bring the culprits to justice!

There is absolutely no doubt that some powerful terror groups behind the Mumbai terror attack. The news reports Laskar-e- Toiba is the main suspect its main evidence comes from the captured terrorist’s (Ajmal Kasam) reported confession! However the “confessions” can not be considered enough or genuine evidence that satisfy the international standards to arrest and expatriate the alleged person unless there is some concrete collaborative evidence to place it before the impartial (international) court of Justice!

So the main question is; do the intelligence agencies have any other concrete evidence in the form of record document signed by any of those known (or unknown) terror leaders ordering this attack? Perhaps it is unwise to expect such recorded documents of terror attacks. However believe it or not, there remain a possibility of a concrete recorded evidence of money transaction documents having the sign or the fingerprints (biometric identity) that can mistakably identify people who financed or supplied weapons an other logistical supports for this terrorist attack! Today there are two extraordinary IT anticorruption/antiterrorism technologies widely available that can record every money transactions along with the biological identity of the persons who conducting these money transaction WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT!

Let me present the two extraordinary anticorruption/antiterrorism IT solutions available today that in my opinion can enable the Governments to concretely or physically track down, identify and capture the main culprits behind the terrorist finance. The first one is ‘to Make Biometric Identity (mainly fingerprint) Mandatory or Compulsory In All Bank Accounts’. I name it as; Mandatory Biometric Identity (MBID). The second one is to ‘conduct all money transaction above a given amount only by the electronic money transaction through ones bank to the others bank account named Mandatory Electronic Money Transaction (MEMT). For more details search “IT To Root-Out Corruption”.

Among the two, the first “MBID in all bank account” is primarily important. It also very much feasible, more easier and less expensive compared to many other antiterrorism measures that exists or being proposed today. Under the MBID in all bank account policy, no large sums of cash money or assets allowed to get transported, transfered or handed over to one to another except it is done through ones bank to the others bank account. This monetary regulation said be already in place in many countries. What’s more in the MBID policy is buying of important security matters like credit cards, phones its SIM cards and the recharge, drugs, weapons, explosives etc, should be also included it. The MBID in all bank account policy alone can significantly prevent the money laundering which is the main source of terrorist finance and the logistics intricately linked with it! If the MBID gets implemented first then the MEMT will inevitably follow sooner or latter.

The terrorist leaders, its top brass, organizations, at one stage or the other stage of their money transaction needs to have one or several bank accounts to deposit/withdraw its money, to send it to different terror locations buy weapons and other logistic to support the terror attack. We know today with the help of the available advance IT technologies the law enforcement agencies able to track down, identify and find from where also from which device the terror email had been sent or the phone number from which the anonymous terror call had been made and its other details. Similarly the MBID technology placed in all bank accounts can enable the law enforcement to detect, identify and track down every one involved in these terror finance and logistics with the individuals undeniable biometric identity fingerprint on it. It can be produced before the court of justice as the undeniable evidence to arrest and convict the main terror culprits. This will undoubtedly stifle down most of the terrorist finance along with it the organized acts of terrorism.
I have given some more details on this matter in my post http://i-opinion-about.blogspot.com/2008/10/terrorist-strike-marriot-it-to-root-out.html.

Above all terrorism today is a Global phenomenon. So much so when it comes to international “money laundering” the main source of terrorist finance. Among others the illegal drug trade known to have close links with all of it. Therefore it is mainly the responsibility of worlds leading nations First of all to implement the MBID in all bank accounts in their respective countries to prevent this global terrorism and the rest of the world will follow the lead. What really needed is the “political will” to get it done.

I hope this information would at least add to our knowledge about this entirely new kind approach of combating terrorism in our future perspectives.
Valerian Texeira.

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