Vehicle number plate supply 'open incentive for fraud'

THE ease with which people can issue vehicle number plates is “an open incentive for fraud” the Government has been warned.

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The call to strengthen regulation comes amid ongoing disquiet over the prevalence of vehicles with illegal plates, designed to evade detection by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras.

So-called ghost plates - favoured by rogue motorists and criminals to avoid detection - feature a reflective coating that prevents them being read by enforcement equipment.

Another technique used is plate cloning, which involves illegally copying another vehicle's registration.