US “terrorist tracking system” will not replace comprehensive border control: Nexbis
15 Aug 2013, 6:25 PM
Daniel Bosley
Malaysian IT company Nexbis has released a statement rubbishing the Maldivian government’s reasons for terminating their agreement to build and operate a new border control system.
The company has also suggested that human traffickers, fearful of a more comprehensive system, were behind the decision.
“The US PISCES system that is meant to replace the MIBCS is not a border control system nor is it an immigration solution, rather it is a terrorist tracking system that simply captures information of travellers and Maldivians who transit in and out of the country,” read the press release.
In June the Maldives was placed on the US State Department’s Tier Two Watch List for Human Trafficking for the fourth consecutive year.
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