INTERPOL LINKS WILL CURB FRAUDS

The CID yesterday said with Sri Lanka integrating into the Interpol database, it was now able to track down any individual arriving here on a forged passport. A senior officer-in-charge of the database in Colombo said the server was directly connected to Interpol Headquarters in Paris.

Any individual who attempts to enter the country using a forged passport or who is wanted over a criminal activity can be easily detected.

Anyone who attempts to enter the country using a forged passport can be easily detected.

Even if a person attempts to flee the country or enter the it by using a passport belonging to another person, he or she can also be detected when the passport is scanned through the machine which will signal an alarm if the passport is an invalid one.

The integration into the Interpol database was the first such instance in South Asia.

The system is capable of storing stolen or lost travel documents and nominal information which contains the records of known international criminals with photographs and fingerprints and can even be used online or offline.

The system which was initiated in 2004 presently holds 32 million records on file and as of November 2011, there had been 600 million searches on the database. 190 countries all over the world are connected to the Interpol system.