Missing Passports - How To Keep Your Identity Safe

A stolen passport is a very dangerous thing

A stolen passport is a very dangerous thing. The only reason someone would steal your passport would be to commit a crime. By using someone else's identity, a criminal or terrorist can move from country to country unnoticed and difficult to detect. When a criminal has a fraudulent passport, we are all in danger. There are so many people in this world who want to hurt our citizens and our country and a passport is a very dangerous tool in their hands.

Here are a few stories that will make my point. A forty one year old British citizen, John Skelton, attempted to get into the United States with a fraudulent passport that was issued in the name of Kurt Branham. Actually, Mr. Branham was dead and had been dead since 1994. He had a very important position in the Senate as he served as an aide to a United States senator. Exactly what Mr. Skelton was planning is unknown but it is certain he did not want to be detected.

Another story comes from Buffalo, New York. 29 year old Eugene Todie is a New York man that is on probation for criminal contempt. Managing to get out of the country and into Canada, he was arrested upon returning when he tried to re-enter the United States using someone else's passport. Todie was wearing an ankle monitor, and when he was questioned by Customs and Border Control, he said he was wearing it out of his loyal fandom to Lindsey Lohan, who also happens to be wearing an ankle monitor for her various alcohol-related crimes. A little far-fetched, but people like this are dangerous nonetheless.

Speaking of Lindsay Lohan, she has had her own passport issues. She was out of the country and was due to appear in court back in the United States. She did not show up for that appointment and blamed it on her claim that she had lost her passport which prohibited her from returning to the United States. She tried to return to the U.S. without a passport but was turned away. This is a good lesson to each of us and should help us understand that no one is immune to the regulations that govern the use of passports. Her pasport renewal emergency was taken care of but she has a big price to pay for her failure to appear in court on time.

We all need to be aware that a passport is a very important document that verifies our identification and our citizenship. In the wrong hands, this document that enables us to enjoy international travel can become the key that opens the door for a criminal or terrorist whose only purpose is to do us harm.

by: Ben Pate

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