TRNC to introduce new system at Ercan Airport that could help detect criminals

TRNC Prime Minister Ünal Üstel said the country would implement a new system at Ercan airport that would help create a database to detect criminals.

Ünal Üstel made the announcement during a visit to Ercan Airport in Lefkosa on Thursday to inspect the ongoing “Criminal Biometric Data Collection” efforts. 

Accompanying him during the visit were Minister of Public Works and Transport, Erhan Arıklı, and Minister of the Interior, Dursun Oğuz.

Erhan Arıklı briefed Üstel on the progress of the “Criminal Biometric Data Collection” system and provided an update on the remaining issues at Ercan Airport.

Üstel stressed the importance of sectors like education and tourism, which are vital to the country’s development, and highlighted how improvements at Ercan Airport would contribute to the growth of these sectors.

He pointed out that a new biometric data system was being implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior, which would be used to track individuals entering the country. This system would help create a database to detect criminals and identify individuals with criminal records, ensuring that even minor offenses committed abroad are flagged by police, preventing the entry of such individuals into the TRNC. 

Furthermore, the system would help track students arriving for educational purposes, contributing to the fight against irregular migration.