Countries tighten screws on biometric SIM registration amid rise in mobile phone fraud

Nations such as Kenya, Namibia, Pakistan and Russia have been enforcing measures at different levels related to biometric SIM registration. A January 1 deadline for the exercise in Namibia has been pushed to March 31 to allow more time for compliance, while thousands of SIM cards were blocked in Russia at the close of last year for lack of proper identification information. In Kenya, a rise in mobile money fraud has been linked to SIM cards that were registered remotely. …

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