Stolen and Lost Travel Documents Database

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The Stolen and Lost Travel Documents Database (SLTD, English database of lost and stolen travel documents ) is a collection of data set up by Interpol in 2002 and has been continuously updated since then. In it, the Interpol member countries should save the identification data of all border crossing documents that are no longer in the possession of the authorized holder. Not only lost and individualized documents are recorded, but also missing blank templates. In February 2014, the SLTD comprised around 40 million data records from 167 countries, which can be accessed by automated direct retrieval via the Interpol Global Communication System 24/7 worldwide for the control activities of border control posts and authorities.

The active participation of the member countries was initiated by resolution AG-2004-RES-02 of the 73rd Interpol General Assembly in 2004, after the G8 , the European Union and the civil aviation organization ICAO , among others , had declared their support. Further resolutions of the Interpol General Assemblies in September 2005 and September 2006 as well as resolutions of the Ministerial Council of the OSCE in December 2004 and December 2006 reaffirmed the importance of the SLTD. The storage period for the data records was set at ten years by resolution of the Interpol General Assembly of November 2012.

The SLTD started in 2002 with 12,000 data records, in July 2005 it comprised 7.5 million, in May 2007 around 14 million entries from 123 countries (and had led to more than 5000 hits by then), in November 2011 around 30 million data records from 161 countries and in February 2014 around 40 million data sets from 167 countries.

The database counted around 800 million queries in 2013, with 60,000 hits. The top users were the USA (250 million queries in 2013), Great Britain (120 million) and the United Arab Emirates (50 million).

Germany first transmitted data to the SLTD through the Federal Criminal Police Office on November 4, 2004; in July 2005 a German inventory of about 1.25 million travel documents was recorded there. Only the document number and type were communicated, no personal data. Because of this limited information content of the transmissions, the Federal Republic of Germany decided not to impose special restrictions on Interpol's query authorization.

Although two passports were recorded as stolen in the file, two (other) people got on Malaysia Airlines flight 370 , which took off on March 8, 2014 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and was lost shortly afterwards. During the unsuccessful search for the whereabouts of the machine for days, this fact became public. Interpol criticized the inadequate passport controls and pointed out that numerous stolen European passports were being sold in Southeast Asia.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Interpol: History, accessed March 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ Interpol: Preventing use of stolen passports by terrorists and criminals key to global security, says INTERPOL Chief, media release of February 24, 2014, accessed on March 9, 2014
  3. ^ Interpol: Main databases, accessed March 9, 2014
  4. ↑ Interpol General Assembly: Resolution AG-2004-RES-02, accessed on March 9, 2014
  5. ↑ a b Interpol General Assembly: Resolution AG-2005-RES-04, accessed on March 9, 2014
  6. ↑ Interpol General Assembly: Resolution AG-2006-RES-05, accessed on March 9, 2014
  7. ^ Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Decision 4/04, accessed on March 9, 2014
  8. ^ Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Decision 6/06, accessed on March 9, 2014
  9. ↑ Interpol General Assembly: Resolution AG-2012-RES-01, accessed on March 9, 2014
  10. ↑ Interpol: INTERPOL warns of terrorists using stolen travel documents to evade detection, ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Media release of May 2, 2007, accessed on March 9, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.interpol.int
  11. ↑ Interpol: INTERPOL joins Frontex in operation to detect fraudulent travel documents at Italy's airports, press release of November 10, 2011, accessed on March 9, 2014
  12. ↑ Interpol: Preventing use of stolen passports by terrorists and criminals key to global security, says INTERPOL Chief, media release of February 24, 2014, accessed on March 9, 2014
  13. ↑ a b INTERPOL confirms at least two stolen passports used by passengers on missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 were registered in its databases. Interpol , March 9, 2014, accessed on March 12, 2014 (English, press release).
  14. ↑ European Commission: Appendix to the working paper of April 21, 2006 on Common Position 2005/69 / JHA
  15. ↑ Flight MH370 just one of many? - Growing criticism of passport sloppiness. At: ORF.at , March 11, 2014