Fingerprint technology uncovers false identities, violators

DAMMAM: The Passports Department in the Kingdom has launched a new security system to document the fingerprints of all male, female and adolescent pilgrims arriving at the land, air and sea ports in Saudi Arabia.
The new system uses international finger print technology to ensure their departure after the pilgrimage season.
The fingerprint system is one of the most important large-scale projects adopted by the Ministry of the Interior in recent years, helping to uncover many cases of fraud and absenteeism from the workplace and, now, to also uncover the status of deportees and displaced persons in the Kingdom.
The fingerprint technology also assists in detecting previously unknown prints, as well as the finger prints of people who have criminal records so that authorities can deal with such persons appropriately.