UK’s ETA border scheme attracts criticism
The UK is planning to fully roll out its biometric-based travel permission scheme, the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) by April…
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Russia plans biometrics, CCTV use to automate enforcement of petty offenses
Russia plans to use the Unified Biometric System (UBS) to charge automatic fines for various minor administrative violations such as…
FinGo supplying vein biometrics to boost gold mining transparency
SMX – a company operating in the so-called circular economy – is collaborating with finger vein biometrics firm FinGo in…
Ireland considers adding drug trafficking to police FRT use cases
Ireland is hoping to use facial recognition in fighting drug trafficking networks. Minister of Justice Helen McEntee presented a new…
Tech5 wins $54M livescan biometrics contract with Virginia police
Virginia State Police are upgrading their livescan fingerprint biometrics collection capabilities through a 15-year contract with Tech5. The contract, worth…
Tech5 launches law enforcement biometrics software suite
A platform introduced by Tech5 brings the company’s face and fingerprint biometrics to a new market: police forces and law…
Peripheral biometric scanner for palm, fingerprints wins French defense award
An Idemia Public Security partnership, the company’s NéoDK project in collaboration with Colonel Nicolas Thiburce, has been awarded the Prix…
Canada planning immigration biometrics contract worth up to $72M
Canada is preparing to hold an open bidding process to procure biometric identification equipment to support its immigration system. The…
CSIR develops contactless fingerprint system for biometric identification of corpses
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a South Africa government-run research and development organization, has come up with…
Idemia NSS wins DOJ biometric service contract
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Offices Boards and Division’s Justice Management Division has awarded Idemia National Security Solutions (NSS)…
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