INTERPOL CALLS ON AIR INDUSTRY TO HELP SCREEN FOR STOLEN PASSPORTS
June 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SECRETARY general of Interpol has asked the international air industry to help governments check whether passengers are carrying stolen or lost passports. Speaking at the 2011 International Air Traffic Association (IATA) AGM in Singapore, Ronald K Noble warned governments failed to undertake these checks for 50% of 2010's 935 million international air arrivals. So many international terrorists were travelling undetected. He called on the air industry to check passports against Interpol's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database of ...
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