[anti-abuse-wg] Hijacked netblocks - any SOP for these?

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
[...]
> [...]Is there fraud investigation built
> into the new LIR setup and netblock allocation through LIRs process?
> And some amount of auditability of existing LIRs?

Yes there is. And very painstakingly so.

Like when we (a LIR that exists since 1993 under the same identity) had
to sign a new service contract, the NCC wanted to get a copy of the legal
document that proves our existence. Again within the framework of PI stuff.

Interestingly enough, a university that was established in the 14th century
does not have an entry in the current business register. Also, a publicly
funded university in our little country is not a regular legal entity, but
exists due to a law passed by national parliament. Even a reference to the
official website of our government, offering the auhoritative version of the
law, was not enough.

I had to print the respective law, have it signed by a ministry rep. and
have it scanned and shipped to Amsterdam.

So, yes checks are made, regularly.

But if you succeed in forging that type of documents, or if you succeed to
get some "official entity" to help in doing that, the NCC is at the loosing
end of the stick :-(

Wilfried.