The CMC’s Strategic Intelligence Unit has released a report, Organised crime markets in Queensland - a strategic assessment.
A major part of the report discusses the increasing prominence of identity crime. It concludes that the risk posed by the organised component of fraud offences in Queensland is likely to increase over the next three years, and those frauds are likely to become more technically sophisticated. These include eBay fraud and "card skimming"
"There are currently three usual means of identification: knowledgebased (e.g. a password or PIN), token-based (reliance on a particular token or document, such as a security pass or driver licence), and biometric means, for example measuring unique physiological or behavioural characteristics such as fingerprints or iris patterns. Identity crime involves defeating one or more of these systems.
The Security Industry Research Centre of the Asia-Pacific (SIRCA) estimated that identity fraud cost about $1.1 billion in 2001–02 in Australia."
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