From declan+@CMU.EDUMon Jul 22 11:08:18 1996 Received: from vorlon.mit.edu (brnstndkramden.acf.nyu.edu@VORLON.MIT.EDU [18.238.0.139]) by eff.org (8.6.13/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA04277; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 18:17:35 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA19515 for fight-censorship-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:16:07 -0400 Received: from po6.andrew.cmu.edu (PO6.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.106]) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA19511 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:16:02 -0400 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po6.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA03913 for fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:16:00 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:15:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix22.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:15:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix22.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:15:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix22.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.unix22.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:15:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:15:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Declan B. McCullagh" To: Fight Censorship Mailing List Subject: Panama to crack down on passport sales on Internet Sender: owner-fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu Precedence: bulk X-URL: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/top/ X-JusticeOnCampusURL: http://joc.mit.edu/ Now the Interpol is getting involved? I'm told that Argentina also has threatened U.S. users and their ISPs for providing info on (apparently legal) passport sales. -Declan --- PANAMA CITY (Reuter) - Panama will ask Interpol to help crack down on Panamanian passport sales in international publications and via the Internet, Interior Minister Raul Montenegro told a news conference Monday. ``We have received information that Panamanian passports are being sold in international publications and on the Internet. We have shown our concern to Interpol and local Panamanian police authorities,'' Montenegro said. ``In the last 22 months, we have detected Panamanian passports in Spain and other countries,'' he said. He did not provide further details on the number of Panamanian passports that have been sold.