The Venezuelan government is turning to fingerprint technology in an effort to combat food smuggling into neighbouring Colombia.
According to reports, the country plans to introduce a compulsory biometric card that will limit individuals’ food purchases.
The move is designed to cut food shortages, which some say has led to hoarding by speculators, who resell goods at a profit. It extends a previous system that was set up earlier this year, but which was criticised as being a ‘Cuban-style rationing policy.’
It is unclear whether the system will be set up throughout the country or only in Venezuela’s border states.
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Quelle/Source: Planet Biometrics, 25.08.2014
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