 Fraudulent travel documents and stolen or lost passports are often utilized by transnational organized crime syndicates to facilitate migrant smuggling, trafficking in persons, and a regular migration. New emerging technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered unprecedented, opportunistic and predatory behavior from organized criminal networks, impelling law enforcement to continuously advance the use of border technologies to address these challenges. Since 2014, IOM and Interpol have partnered to provide innovative border and identity solutions to member states to enhance law enforcement capacity against transnational organized crime. The Verifier Travel Document and Bearer, or Verifier TD&B, a system developed by IOM, is a secondary travel document inspection tool that assists immigration and border control officers in the detection of fraudulent documents and imposters. Currently installed at 42 border crossing points in 18 countries in the Asia Pacific region, the Verifier Travel Document and Bearer provides technical expertise and assists law enforcement agencies to confirm decisions based on solid evidence. Interpol operates the Stolen and Lost Travel Documents, or SLTD, database that contains over 100 million records where law enforcement officials can check if a travel or identity document was lost, stolen, or stolen blank, as well as documents revoked or invalidated by relevant national authorities. To enhance the effectiveness of border checks and support investigations with stronger, more timely evidence on the use of fraudulent documents and identities, IOM and Interpol have streamlined automated procedures by ensuring interoperability between Verifier Travel Document and Bearer and the Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database. Each time a document is checked with Verifier Travel Document and Bearer at locations implementing interoperability, control systems will automatically check the document against the Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database. The combined results will support border and other law enforcement officials in carrying out investigations, including national and international cooperation, to address transnational and cross-jurisdictional crimes involving fraudulent travel documents and false identities. The interoperability between IOM and Interpol systems was facilitated through IOM's Document Examination Support Centre Initiative, or DESC, supported by the Government of Canada. In close coordination with document examination experts of relevant authorities in Asia and the Pacific, the Document Examination Support Centre provides guidance, advice, and support to participating countries on the development of effective operational responses to irregular migration and transnational organized crime. This IOM Interpol partnership contributes to Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda, Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, as well as SDG 17, Partnership for the Goals. To learn more about IOM Interpol Border Security solutions, please contact us at desk at iom.int.