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No questions asked: Birth certificates given without checks
Birth certificate and receipt obtained with no verification, raising red flags as Samoa deals with a string of identity fraud cases
(Photo: Junior S. Ami)
By Andrina Elvira Burkhart
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28 July 2025, 7:50PM
An investigative exercise by this newspaper revealed that there are no security checks or questions asked when getting someone else’s birth certificate. This has shown the lack of security when releasing such documents and how such laxity makes it easy for people to commit identity fraud.
By Andrina Elvira Burkhart
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28 July 2025, 7:50PM
