NIS uploads 15,000 stolen, lost passports to INTERPOL database
The Nigeria Immigration Service INTERPOL i-24/7 desk on Monday
uploaded about 15,000 stolen and lost travel documents to the INTERPOL
Global System in Lyon, France.
The NIS spokesman, DCI Sunday James, in a statement on Tuesday, said
the development would help prevent identity theft, frauds and other
organised crimes.
According to the statement titled, ‘Integration of NIS stolen/lost
travel document to INTERPOL IPSG STLD database,’ the feat was achieved
with the support of the INTERPOL Global System, Lyon, France; United
States National Central Bureau, Washington; NCB, Abuja and the NIS
team.
It further noted that the STLD upload to the IPSG by NIS was the first
in Africa and 54th in the world.
The statement read, “The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration
Service, Muhammad Babandede, was updated on this development by the
team.
“The Nigerian SLTD detection and tracking system domiciled at the
Nigeria Immigration Service, headquarters, is an effort put in place
by the service to rid the world of attempts and deliberate acts
leading to identity theft, frauds and other organised crimes
perpetrated globally using stolen and lost travel documents.”