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Onfido partners with INTERPOL to provide training to government officials on detecting fraudulent identity documents
March 2019 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Onfido announced it is partnering with INTERPOL (The
International Criminal Police Organization) to provide a 3-day training course to
government officials from Southeast Asia to help them better detect fraudulent
identity documents.
Participants will include government officials such as police, border control
agents, and immigration officials from the INTERPOL member countries: Cambodia,
Laos, Philippines and Vietnam.
The 3-day programme (March 12-14) taking place in Manila, will focus on the
mechanical (intaglio, offset, letterpress, screen printing) and digital printing
techniques (inkjet, laser, thermal transfer, laser engraving) used to create
identity documents and how fraudsters emulate them using commercially available
technologies. The course will educate attendees on the latest security features
embedded in official government IDs and provide practical exercises that teach tried
and tested methods for identifying various fraudulent documents including
counterfeits, forgeries, fantasy and fraudulently obtained documents.
Onfido’s fraud team led by former Dutch government immigration ID expert, Michael
Van Gestel, will provide an introduction to fraud, explaining various digital attack
vectors and how to overcome them. The team will showcase the difference between 3D
and 2D document checks and cover a range of additional topics including: imaging
techniques to augment decision-making, attack vector trends, sophisticated attacks,
imposter detection and the Glasgow Test, and outline currently known
vulnerabilities.
