1. IMMIGRATION COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT (ICE) TEAM
Presentation to the
Bali Ad Hoc Experts Group II Workshop on
Identity Management – Challenges and Opportunities for Cooperation

2. BANGKOK ICE TEAM Airline Liaison Officers
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nordic countries, UK, USA

3. BANGKOK ICE
The successful operation of the ICE team relies on the goodwill and kind cooperation of the Thai authorities, airlines and Embassies based in Thailand and abroad

4. BANGKOK ICE Why Bangkok?
Bangkok is a regional center for document fraud
Bangkok is a major tourist/airline hub with many inbound flights from countries whose nationals often use fake documents, and with many outbound flights worldwide

5. Bangkok ICE – Role/Responsibility
Provides advice to airlines, respective Embassy personnel and Thai authorities
Provides training in fraudulent document detection and passenger assessment
Analyses trends and provides the information to the Airport Operators Committee

6. BANGKOK ICE PROCEDURAL
Works to IATA Code of Conduct for Airline Liaison Officers
Document Seizure: ICAO Annex 9:
“Each contracting state shall ensure that the public authorities seize fraudulent, falsified or counterfeit travel documents and the documents of a person impersonating the rightful holder”
Interdicted documents other than ICE countries referred to Thai Immigration or relevant Embassies

7. BANGKOK ICE OPERATIONS
Roster formed around countries’ individual responsibilities, covering airport from 5am-2am daily, 365 days per year
Agreed to by all ICE members with variations to roster based on seasonal airline operations and intelligence

8. BANGKOK ICE Bangkok Trends:
Most of the ICE work does not relate to Thai nationals
Thai nationals interdicted by ICE are usually involved in the sex trade
On average, ICE team gives advice that leads to interdictions of about passengers per month.

9. BANGKOK ICE : passport nationalities July 2003
India 46
Canada 6
Algeria 2
Cambodia 1
PRC 21
Myanmar 5
Israel 2
Ghana 1
Philippines 15
Pakistan 5
Liberia 2
Jordan 1
Vietnam 15
Cameroon 4
Malaysia 2
Lesotho 1
Bangladesh 14
Thailand 4
Portugal 2
Mozambique 1
Nepal 9
Turkey 4
South Africa 2
New Zealand 1
South Korea 8
U.K. 4
Spain 2
Slovenia 1
Japan 7
France 3
U.S.A. 2
Taiwan 1
Lebanon 7
Germany 3
Australia 1
Zambia 1
Sri Lanka 7
Singapore 3
Botswana 1

10. Passenger Indicators Unusual Routings
Tickets purchased Cash/Last Minute
Little to No Baggage
Passenger Behaviour – Spokespersons
Clothing
Most referrals as a result of indicators other than documentation

11. Boarding Pass Swappers
Major problem – sale of identity
Highly organized smuggling syndicates
Usually a farang checking in with
own passport and ticket
Many variations on the same theme