Chicago Tribune (March 11)
“No one steals and uses someone else’s passport for legitimate reasons. Only those who are inclined to violate the law and want to get away with it are given to this practice.” The role played by travelers with stolen passports on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight remains unclear. What is perfectly clear is that authorities should “take the trouble to verify the identity of every person” by availing themselves of Interpol’s passport database. Currently, only a few countries make frequent use of this tool. Regrettably, more than one billion boardings went unscreened for misuse of lost/stolen passports last year.
Tags: Authorities, Boardings, Flight, Identity, Interpol, Law, Legitimate, Malaysia Airlines, Passports, Stolen, Travelers, Unscreened, Verify
