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Francis Tuffy

10 May 2026

2 min read

Australia Acts Against Identity Crimes

Australia is stepping up its response to identity crime through the Credential Protection Register (CPR), a national capability designed to stop stolen or compromised identity document details being misused in everyday verification checks.

Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

10 Feb. 2025

1 min read

5-Year Postage Stamp Deal

Spectra Systems Corporation, a Rhode Island-based provider of secure transaction technologies, has announced that its security printing division, Cartor Security Printers, has secured a 5-year contract to produce postage stamps for an undisclosed postal supplier within the European Union. The agreement is expected to generate revenue of between $3 million and $4 million over its duration.

Company Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

26 Sept. 2024

2 min read

We’ve Protected Driving Licences So Why Not Licence Plates

It’s not very often that ID & Secure Document News™ ventures beyond the remit of identifying and securing people and payments, but on this occasion vehicle licence plate identification, with its close ties to the security of driving licences, justifies the broader scope of identifying products.

Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

1 Sept. 2024

2 min read

Kerala Introduces Enhanced Security Measures for Certificate Attestation

In response to a surge in fake certificate attestations, NoRKA-Roots, the field agency of the Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NoRKA), has implemented a new security feature for certificate attestation. This initiative aims to protect the integrity of educational certificates for applicants from Kerala, India.

Fraud Detection

Aftab Anwar Baloch

29 July 2024

4 min read

The Challenges of Fake Degrees in Pakistan

The issue of fake degree certification has long troubled Pakistan’s educational landscape, posing significant challenges to the integrity of academic qualifications and the credibility of educational institutions.

Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

23 May 2024

2 min read

The Dawn of AI-Driven Counterfeits

In years to come, the ID and secure document research community will look back at the year 2024 with a hint of nostalgia as it fondly remembers the days of human- engineered counterfeits prior to the age of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled security attacks. The keynote address at the recent ODDS conference in Lisbon explained what we can look forward to.

Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

1 Dec. 2023

3 min read

New IHMA Security Image Register Launched

The secure Hologram Image Register (HIR), established by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) to help safeguard hologram copyright and underpin the use of holograms in authentication and security printing, has been extended and relaunched as the Security Image Register (SIR).

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Francis Tuffy

31 March 2023

4 min read

White House Wants $1.6B to Attack Identity Theft and Fraud

The US administration released a three-part proposal on 2 March asking Congress for $1.6 billion to help provide federal agencies and local governments with more funding to handle pandemic-related fraud claims, modernise identity verification systems, and support victims of identity theft.

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Francis Tuffy

24 Nov. 2022

2 min read

New Liveness Testing Solution from Onfido

Onfido, a leading global digital identity verification and authentication provider, has released ‘Motion’, a next generation biometric liveness solution to enhance its ‘Real Identity Platform’.

Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

24 Nov. 2022

3 min read

US to Examine Scope of Identity Fraud

As reported in Courthouse News Service, the US Supreme Court has agreed to examine what constitutes identity theft in a fraud after criminal defence lawyers say it is over criminalised by the federal government.

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Francis Tuffy

3 Oct. 2022

4 min read

Putting a Face on Anonymous Financial Crime

Hosted by Dubai Police, the World Police Summit will provide a platform to explore the current challenges facing police forces and the latest technology advances, strategies, and innovations across the law enforcement and security spectrum.

Events Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

4 Sept. 2022

2 min read

Regula Rethinks the Conventional Process of Border Control

The almost unlimited access to high-quality printing services, as well as to sophisticated graphics software, has increased the quality of document forgery in recent years to the point where it is becoming more difficult for border control officers to tell the difference between real and fake secure documents.

Authentication Fraud Detection

Lic Mónica R. Peralta

5 July 2022

3 min read

International Cooperation in LatAm

Document fraud is one of the tools used by international terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking and other forms of transnational crime. A tri-national meeting was recently held in Argentina within the framework of the EUROFRONT Programme on training and technical assistance.

Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

8 June 2022

4 min read

The Bad, the Very Bad and the Bits In Between

The use of fake ID’s has for some time been linked with a whole range of serious crimes including terrorism and people smuggling as well as, at the other end of the criminality spectrum, less serious misdemeanours such as under-age drinking.

Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

2 Nov. 2021

3 min read

The FCC Wants to Crack Down on SIM Swapping

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its proposed cybersecurity rules including an attempt to prevent the serious problem of SIM swapping – a common form of digital identity theft that is particularly difficult to protect against.

Cybersecurity Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

14 Oct. 2021

2 min read

New Wave of 'Lookalike' Fraudulent Passports in UK

A recent news item on BBC News has reported on the arrest of ten people, in London and Kent, on suspicion of supplying fraudulent passports to more than 100 high-level organised criminals.

Fraud Detection Passports

Francis Tuffy

4 Oct. 2021

3 min read

Nigeria To Require Face and Fingerprint Biometrics for State Election

Ahead of the 6 November governorship election in Anambra State, Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that each voter has to enrol their identity in its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).

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Latest News

Australia Acts Against Identity Crimes

5-Year Postage Stamp Deal

We’ve Protected Driving Licences So Why Not Licence Plates

Kerala Introduces Enhanced Security Measures for Certificate Attestation

The Challenges of Fake Degrees in Pakistan

The Dawn of AI-Driven Counterfeits

New IHMA Security Image Register Launched

White House Wants $1.6B to Attack Identity Theft and Fraud

New Liveness Testing Solution from Onfido

US to Examine Scope of Identity Fraud

Putting a Face on Anonymous Financial Crime

Regula Rethinks the Conventional Process of Border Control

International Cooperation in LatAm

The Bad, the Very Bad and the Bits In Between

The FCC Wants to Crack Down on SIM Swapping

New Wave of 'Lookalike' Fraudulent Passports in UK

Nigeria To Require Face and Fingerprint Biometrics for State Election

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