Misuse of Passports

Identity Fraud, the Propensity to Travel, and International Terrorism

Bibliographic Data

ID12407469
AuthorsMartin Rudner (Carleton University, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume31
Issue2
Pages95-110
Publication date2008-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Conflict and Terrorism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1057-610X • E-ISSN: 1521-0731
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10576100701812803
OpenAlexW1989176436
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The misuse of passports is intrinsically connected with international terrorism. Terrorist groups and their operatives demonstrate a propensity to travel in order to meet, organize, train, plan, reconnoiter targets, and deploy for attacks. To travel surreptitiously, terrorist activists and operatives typically make use of improperly obtained, altered, or counterfeit passports and visas. The present study addresses three key issues relating to the terrorist misuse of passports: (a) the role of passport misuse in the operational activities of international terrorist networks; (b) the ways in which terrorist elements acquire seemingly genuine passports; and (c) the various international covenants, agreements, and related action plans intended to constrain terrorists’ ability to move surreptitiously across borders. The analysis describes a terrorism cycle, a complex array of key activities that together serve as enablers for international terrorism. The role of passports and surreptitious travel is examined for each stage of this terrorism cycle

Business · Computer security · Counterfeit · Key (lock · Order (exchange · Political science · Terrorism · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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