![]() ![]() Last year, a joint state-federal investigation broke up a counterfeiting syndicate that tried to smuggle 5000 security holograms – used on NSW driver's licences – from China. Operations range from kitchen-table counterfeiters using store-bought scanners and printers to highly sophisticated enterprises with international connections. In Victoria, the number of offences relating to making, possessing or using false documents has more than doubled in the past five years, according to the Crime Statistics Agency. The welfare and tax systems are vulnerable to those who can vault identity requirements, and fraudsters can also "gain unauthorised access to sensitive information or facilities, to conceal other criminal activities such as drug trafficking and procuring child exploitation material, and even to facilitate the commission of terrorist acts." ![]() "Stolen or false identities can be used by criminals to perpetrate frauds and to establish business structures and companies through which to facilitate crimes such as money laundering," the ACC reported. In a 2015 report, the Australian Crime Commission warned that identity theft is a "key enabler" of organised criminal activities. Working in parallel to those conmen manufacturing fake ID documents are those who steal the identities of others by raiding rubbish bins and letterboxes, or scanning Facebook for personal details. ![]()
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