Service: Identity system to combat child trafficking

Responsible organisation: Republic of Moldova (Central-Government)

Moldova launched a Proof of Concept of its digital identity project, working with the software company ConsenSys, which won a U.N. competition to design an identity system to combat child trafficking. Undocumented children are easy prey for traffickers using fake documents to transport them across borders to work in brothels or to sell their organs. ConsenSys aimed to create a secure, digital identity on a blockchain - or decentralized digital ledger shared by a network of computers - for Moldovan children, linking their personal identities with other family members. With the blockchain system, children attempting to cross the border would be asked to scan their eyes or fingerprints. A phone alert would notify their legal guardians, requiring at least two to approve the crossing.

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Source Open Innovation Regione Lombardia
Web site https://www.reuters.com/article/us-moldova-trafficking-technology-blockc/scan-on-exit-can-blockchain-save-moldovas-children-from-traffickers-idUSKBN1JF00J
Start/end date 2018 -
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