Global ID theft ring busted in New York

New York police have broken up an international identity theft ring that made fake credit cards using information swiped off real cards in banks, restaurants and retail stores, authorities said.

More than 111 people have been charged and 86 were detained on Friday in the operation, which involved five criminal organizations in the New York borough of Queens with links in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

Al Jazeera's Roger Wilkison reports