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The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Prevalence of document fraud
Document fraud entails the production of false documents as well as the use of genuine documents obtained by means of deception, misrepresentation or theft. False documents can be complete counterfeits or partly forged. They can also be altered genuine stolen documents (including blank documents) or pseudo documents(46). The falsification of documents can range from the straightforward extraction and/or insertion of pages and items (e.g. the removal of entry bans and the insertion of photos) to chemical and/or mechanical interference. Most often, computers with scanners and printing machines are used to imitate the original security features of travel and ID documents. Forgers also use face morphing technology to digitally merge the identity photographs of the actual holder of a document with that of a potential user, allowing one document to be used by two separate individuals. Document fraud is an enabler for most criminal activities. This includes all types of cross-border crime, such as migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings as well as the trafficking of drugs, weapons or stolen vehicles. Document fraud can also facilitate general financial fraud, corruption, property crime and terrorism. Its prevalence is partly due to the fact that it does not necessarily require sophisticated tools or excessive monetary investment. Indeed, even though advanced technologies are occasionally used, most of the production can be done with standard equipment such as computers, scanners and printers.