How Tiny Swiss Cellphone Chips Helped Track Global Terror Web, NY Times
Excerpts:
Sylvain Savolainen for The New York Times
SIM cards connect cellphones to networks. A Swiss company once sold such
Subscriber Identity Module cards without asking buyers for identification,
making its cards a favorite with criminals. But investigators were able to match
the numbers with terror suspects and track some down in Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, Indonesia and several countries in Europe. Switzerland is ending
anonymous card sales on July 1.
Source: How Tiny Swiss Cellphone Chips Helped Track Global Terror Web [ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/international/europe/04PHON.html ], DON VAN NATTA Jr., DESMOND BUTLER, NY Times, 04/03/04
