Brazilian Federal Police expands Regula forensic document technology nationwide

Regula has launched a major forensics update for the Brazilian Federal Police, continuing a long-standing partnership. A release from the Latvian company says the force has upgraded part of its forensic examination infrastructure with the latest generation of Regula technologies, enabling experts to perform document analysis faster, more consistently and with more precision during investigations involving forged identity documents and counterfeit banknotes.

The implementation will deploy Regula 4308 dual-video spectral comparators in Federal Police forensic laboratories across all 27 federal units in Brazil, providing advanced digital imaging capabilities via the hardware’s comprehensive optics and illumination systems. It will also include specialized training for forensic investigators.

Both the Brazilian Federal Police and Regula point to the increasing need for tools that can keep pace with evolving document fraud techniques enabled by generative AI. Having worked with Regula for more than a decade – with the National Institute of Criminalistics (INC) in Brasília and the central lab in Rio de Janeiro already using Regula spectral comparators – the force decided to extend coverage throughout its forensic lab network, to standardize examinations nationwide.

Per the release, the Regula 4308 dual-video spectral comparator combines high-resolution imaging, with extended optical magnification up to 320 times, more than 40 light sources, integrated top and bottom cameras, built-in spectral analysis tools, and advanced visualization modes within a single forensic workstation.

It supports inspection of embossed features, ink differentiation, RFID chip reading and automated document verification, “allowing forensic experts to conduct comprehensive examinations without switching between multiple tools.”

Regula notes its wide field of view as a notable advantage, enabling analysts to examine entire A4-sized documents without splitting them into fragments. And, in a video demo, a forensic expert praises the more user-friendly interface, and notes that Regula’s Information Reference System contains more than 360,000 images from 226 countries and territories.

The system runs on Regula Forensic Studio, the company’s forensic examination software platform for image examination, comparative analysis and reporting.

The result is stronger analytical capabilities that also support the police’s long-term effort to standardize forensic document examination workflows across its laboratory network. Regula says experts can now “perform more detailed and comprehensive examinations of questioned documents and banknotes, improve productivity by analyzing entire documents within a single field of view, strengthen comparative forensic analysis using Regula’s comprehensive document references and conduct more technically advanced and higher-quality forensic examinations.”

“Forensic laboratories today need technologies that combine advanced examination capabilities with operational consistency and ease of use,” says Arif Mamedov, CEO of Regula Forensics, Inc. “As document fraud becomes more sophisticated, experts must be able to conduct highly detailed analyses quickly and reliably across different locations and investigation scenarios.”

“We are proud that Regula’s technologies now support the Brazilian Federal Police in strengthening and standardizing forensic examinations nationwide.”

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AI fraud  |  Brazil  |  document verification  |  forensics  |  law enforcement  |  Regula