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In the Philippines, forging documents — including driver’s licenses, vehicle registration papers, college diplomas and just about anything else — is not the sole purview of master criminals and terrorists. It is done on street corners by hawkers wearing sandwich boards.

Near the corner of Rizal and Claro M. Recto Avenues in Manila, people can be seen every few paces carrying placards with examples of the falsified documents they offer. The selection is jaw-dropping. Every type of identity document — including voter registration cards, passports and employee IDs — is available…