May 28, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — As international travel becomes increasingly choked by COVID-19 test requirements and looming vaccination checks, some travelers are using fake test result certificates to claim they are not a biological threat, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Fake COVID-19 test result certificates, of the kind required by airlines in order to board international flights, have proliferated since the early months of 2021 in countries the world over. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world’s airlines, has found fake COVID test certificates being used in South America, Asia, the Middle East, and a selection of countries in western Europe. Some individuals have been arrested after they were caught selling the paper documents.
Two women traveling from the U.K. to Ghana explained the ease with which they procured illicit COVID test certificates in a BBC report. “I just asked people I knew, ‘who does photoshop?’ I asked my friends to see their COVID tests just to get a structure of what the certificate looks like and then had someone make one for me,” said one of the women.
Airlines, as well as the IATA, have been pushing for digital versions of health certification, in
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