According to Traveller 24, Kuwait is going to become the first nation in the world to conduct total mandatory DNA tagging, which applies both to their own population and tourists.
The legislation that will make DNA tagging mandatory will come inĀ effect later this year. After that each and every person entering the country will undergo a mandatory DNA sampling. This will be done byĀ taking samples ofĀ saliva or blood (by person’s choice). Refusing toĀ undergo such procedure will cause “consequences” that have yet toĀ be Ā specified.
According toĀ Kuwaiti officials, this measure will help inĀ crime investigations and keeping track ofĀ people but, they claimed, the practice won’t affect people’s freedom or privacy.
Kuwait will become the first country inĀ the world toĀ implement total DNA tagging and toĀ create a national security DNA database. In order toĀ do that, a sampling station will be deployed inĀ the Kuwait National Airport. Mobile DNA testing centers will move throughĀ the state, performing DNA testing onĀ people inĀ a way, similar toĀ ID check byĀ a policeman. The DNA tagging will only be used for “criminal security purposes” according toĀ Kuwaiti officials
