Mumabi: India has become the eighth country in the world to introduce passenger profiling at airports in the wake of recent terrorist strikes.
Known internationally as the Advance Passenger Information Control System (APICS), passenger profiling is in place in seven countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Korea.
Confirming the launch of the pilot project, Ruchin Gupta, assistant customs commissioner at Delhi airport, told DNA: “The APS was introduced to check narcotics smuggling. But, after the blasts, verbal instructions were issued to expose this data analysis system to other passengers as well. So, about four to five passengers per flight are flagged red on the basis of risk parameters considered by the APS.”
“The risk parameters include passenger details given to us before take-off, like where the ticket was purchased, whether the payment was in cash or by card, the address, etc,” Gupta said.
29/08/06 Renni Abraham/Daily News & Analysis
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