Developed by IOM, the Verifier TD&B is an automated, stand-alone system designed to help border-control officers to conduct secondary inspections quickly and efficiently, with a suspect traveller’s passport being verifiable within 10 seconds. Since the system was first installed in Thailand in 2014 at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Don Mueang International Airport and TIB headquarters, 114 cases of fraudulent passports and 41 cases of imposters have been identified. The five new Verifier TD&B workstations extend the system’s coverage to four additional key Thai airports and land checkpoints nationwide: Chiang Mai International Airport, Phuket International Airport, Sadao checkpoint and Aranyaprathet checkpoint. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Bangkok, TIB deputy commissioner Pol Maj-General Pornchai Kuntee reaffirmed the bureau’s commitment to tackling passport fraud. The Verifier TD&B will enable us to manage our operations in accordance with international standards,” he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 01, 2017 09:45 UTC