Dubai police Seize 495 Fake Passports During H2 of 2007
The Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department (DNRD) passport control staff members situated at the Dubai International Airport have seized about 500 fake passports during the second half of last year.
Brigadier Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director of DNRD, announced that 495 fake passports were captured due to the diligence and attention of the highly trained staff of the department from July till December 2007, and 2,611 wanted people were detained as a result of the iris-scaning technology.
Al Marri said: "We have adapted the highest technological standards in setting up the iris scans and detecting the most sophisticated fake passports techniques. Our staff members undergo extensive periodic training sessions to develop a quick analytical sense in accordance with the best global practices.
''If we consider the figures collected during the first half of the year (299 passports and 1,015 iris scan detainees), we note the excellent development in the capacities of our staff and our ability to integrate our efforts to preserve the security of the nation." "DNRD has created an integrated black-list system that makes the names and details of the wanted criminals and offenders common to all the staff at the Dubai airports, seaports and land borders", added Col. Salah Seif bin Sloom, head of Airport and Land port Sector at DNRD. (WAM)
Brigadier Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director of DNRD, announced that 495 fake passports were captured due to the diligence and attention of the highly trained staff of the department from July till December 2007, and 2,611 wanted people were detained as a result of the iris-scaning technology.
Al Marri said: "We have adapted the highest technological standards in setting up the iris scans and detecting the most sophisticated fake passports techniques. Our staff members undergo extensive periodic training sessions to develop a quick analytical sense in accordance with the best global practices.
''If we consider the figures collected during the first half of the year (299 passports and 1,015 iris scan detainees), we note the excellent development in the capacities of our staff and our ability to integrate our efforts to preserve the security of the nation." "DNRD has created an integrated black-list system that makes the names and details of the wanted criminals and offenders common to all the staff at the Dubai airports, seaports and land borders", added Col. Salah Seif bin Sloom, head of Airport and Land port Sector at DNRD. (WAM)
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