Interpol AFIS serviceInterpol AFIS serviceInternational exchange of International exchange of

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Structure of InterpolStructure of Interpol

General AssemblyGeneral Assembly(184 countries)(184 countries)

Executive Executive CommitteeCommittee

Secretary GeneralSecretary General(General Secretariat)(General Secretariat)

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Interpol policy Interpol policy forafora

•• General AssemblyGeneral Assembly

•• Regional ConferencesRegional Conferences

•• Regional CommitteesRegional Committees

•• Working GroupsWorking Groups

•• Specialized ConferencesSpecialized Conferences

Constitutional aimsConstitutional aims1. To ensure and promote the widest possible mutual 1. To ensure and promote the widest possible mutual assistance between all criminal police authoritiesassistance between all criminal police authoritieswithin the limits of the lawithin the limits of the laws existing in the different ws existing in the different countries and in the spirit of the Universal countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Declaration of Human Rights.

2. To establish and develop all institutions likely to 2. To establish and develop all institutions likely to contribute effectively to the prevention and contribute effectively to the prevention and suppression of ordinary law crimes.suppression of ordinary law crimes.

It is strictly forbidden for the organization to It is strictly forbidden for the organization to undertake any intervention or activities of aundertake any intervention or activities of apolitical, military, religious or racialpolitical, military, religious or racial character character

Article 3:Article 3:

Other considerations...Other considerations...

•• National lawsNational laws

•• Bilateral treatiesBilateral treaties

•• International conventionsInternational conventions

... the need for reciprocity is paramount... the need for reciprocity is paramount

Countries connected to I24Countries connected to I24--77

Current Interpol AFIS servicesCurrent Interpol AFIS services

Latent marks searchingLatent marks searching10 print searching10 print searchingSingle print searchingSingle print searchingAFIS gatewayAFIS gateway24 hour coverage for urgent 24 hour coverage for urgent searchessearchesFingerprint assistance for DVI and Fingerprint assistance for DVI and major eventsmajor events

Quality of fingerprintsQuality of fingerprintsGood quality source document that is not Good quality source document that is not enlarged or reduced before scanning, and enlarged or reduced before scanning, and should be scanned in a 1 to 1 ratio.should be scanned in a 1 to 1 ratio.Source documents should be scanned at Source documents should be scanned at 500dpi (1000 for 500dpi (1000 for latentslatents) using JPEG ) using JPEG compression and 8bits per pixel (grey compression and 8bits per pixel (grey scale).scale).Member countries should not send right Member countries should not send right hand fingers and left hand fingers in hand fingers and left hand fingers in separate attachments, or fingerprints from separate attachments, or fingerprints from a ten print form from the same person in a ten print form from the same person in multiple attachments.multiple attachments.

Quantity of fingerprintsQuantity of fingerprints

Ten print database size 50,000Ten print database size 50,000Over 90 countries did not send Over 90 countries did not send fingerprints in 2005fingerprints in 200580% of information from Europe?80% of information from Europe?Very few crime scene marks.Very few crime scene marks.

Crime scene mark No17Crime scene mark No17

What to sendWhat to send

The fingerprint files of perpetrators The fingerprint files of perpetrators convicted of serious crimes who are convicted of serious crimes who are not nationals of the country should not nationals of the country should be submitted to Interpol for search be submitted to Interpol for search and recording.and recording.Crime scene marks from drug Crime scene marks from drug packaging, threat letters, major packaging, threat letters, major incidents incidents ……

INTERPOL ’s I 24/7NETWORK

Processing of the fingerprints : AFISmailProcessing of the fingerprints : AFISmail

NCBAFIS system E-mail processing

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Step 2 : Analysis of the fingerprints

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AFIS INTERPOL MESSAGE

Processed on : March 29th 2005 10:22:51 Your message reference was : US

Processed : 1 Rejected : 0 OK

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The fingerprint request done is : One answer in the data base

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Name:LORENZINI Forename:MAURIZIO Father's name: FU'RENATO Mother's name : GIUSEPPINA

Sex : Male Date of birth : November 1st 1956 ( Age : 46 years )

Country of birth :ITALY Place of birth :COSTERMANO/VERONA Nationality : ITALY

Criminal information : Status : Not wanted Criminal history : Cocaine

Interpol Criminal Information System :

Case file nr : 1998/8925

Date of last update : March 19th 1998

Origin : NCB Rome NCB reference : 123 C2 SEZ 3 940395

Identity document : Passport Number VA2201847U

Date of issue : June 16th 1982

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Warning <1.10 : ignored field Warning <RECORD 2>: fields of record 2 after <2.003> have been ignored Warning <2.003> : invalid value : must be 0201

Interpol Data Matching

Records Received: 12/20/2004

Total Records Searched & Enrolled: 1,699

Transactions with one or more:- Watchlist Hit: 97- Recidivist Hit: 53- Asylum Hit: 0- NSEERS encounters: 1- VISIT hit: 2

VISITVISIT

RecidivistRecidivist

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AsylumAsylum

WatchlistWatchlist 1.7M

6.5M

15.1M

6.3M

0.4M

LatentLatent 0.7M

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Hits Generated

1,699 Records SearchedInterpol records were enrolled into the Watchlist after searching all IDENT databases

Hits on Subjects From Diverse Countries (Nationality)- 23 Different Countries

Many Hits on People Encountered Recently By DHS - 2 hits on encounters two days prior- 30% of Hits on encounters during prior 4 months

United KingdomIsraelCuba IraqKoreaCanadaHondurasMexicoTrinidadLebanonBrazilAlbaniaGermanyVenezuelaItalyYugoslaviaFijiCosta RicaMexico

Countries with Hits

Enrollment Hit Characteristics

David KRICHELIDavid KRICHELI((GeorgianGeorgian))

SubjectSubject of :of :INTERPOL RED NOTICEINTERPOL RED NOTICE

(1998(1998--Germany)Germany)

for for MurderMurder &&AttemptedAttempted MurderMurder

06 May 200506 May 2005MichaMichaëël TONIAl TONIA

ControlledControlled atat thetheUSA / CanadaUSA / Canada

BorderBorder

fingerprintsfingerprints comparedcompared againstagainst Interpol DataInterpol Data

Michael TONIAMichael TONIAFingerprintsFingerprints

match tomatch to

IPSG AFIS Data baseIPSG AFIS Data base

David KRICHELIDavid KRICHELIStatus confirmedStatus confirmed

Extradited to GermanyExtradited to Germany

ASF NominalASF Nominal Hits ExamplesHits Examples2004/2005 : 5,091 2004/2005 : 5,091 SearchesSearches by South by South AfricaAfrica

1,738 hits 1,738 hits donedone in 83 in 83 differentdifferentcountries countries withinwithin the the samesame periodperiod

SOUTH AFRICASOUTH AFRICA

Main CountriesMain Countries

USAUSA179179

SaudiSaudi ArabiaArabia9292

QatarQatar8383KuwaitKuwait

163163

ItalyItaly6262

SpainSpain4848

CanadaCanada3838 RussiaRussia

4040GermanyGermany

5757

ArmeniaArmenia6868

AustriaAustria4141

CroatiaCroatia3030

UKUK5151

ChileChile3535

ArgentinaArgentina3636

BelgiumBelgium3333

IndiaIndia3131

StolenStolen MotorMotor VehiclesVehicles

1,325 1,325 ItalianItalian vehiclesvehicles tracedtracedin 49 countries in 2005in 49 countries in 2005

327,167 327,167 ItalianItalian vehiclesvehicles recordedrecorded

Romania : 236 Hungary : 114 Poland : 103 Switzerland : 97 UAE : 96 Russia : 58

Serbia & Montenegro : 56 Moldova : 52 Albania : 42 Côte d’Ivoire : 42 Slovenia : 39

Belarus : 38 Senegal : 36 Lithuania : 35 Croatia : 30 Bosnia Herzegovina : 29

Algeria : 23 UK : 16 Azerbaijan : 15 Slovakia : 15 Japan : 14 Bulgaria : 13

Mauritania : 12 Ukraine : 12 Czech Rep. : 11 Malta : 11 Germany : 9 Estonia : 8

Mali : 8 France : 6 Kuwait : 6 Tunisia : 5 Andorra : 4 Gibraltar : 4 Togo : 4

Ghana : 3 Kyrgystan : 3 Monaco : 3 Armenia : 2 Barbados : 2 Finland : 2

Georgia : 2 Kazakhstan : 2 Portugal : 2 Greece : 1 Ireland : 1 Jordan : 1

Netherlands : 1 Uzbekistan : 1

Andorra Andorra 08 June 200508 June 2005Jewelry Armed RobberyJewelry Armed Robbery

FingerprintsFingerprints

DiscoveryDiscoveryon theon the

crime crime scenescene

General General SecretariatSecretariatFingerprintsFingerprints transmittedtransmitted

by NCB by NCB AndorraAndorra to :to :

AFIS Hit : AFIS Hit : PLASVIC PLASVIC ZlatcoZlatcoWantedWanted by by BosniaBosnia HerzegovinaHerzegovina for Road accident for Road accident causingcausing deathdeath

(Diffusion 2003 : extradition (Diffusion 2003 : extradition requestedrequested))

What we needWhat we need

More dataMore dataImproved qualityImproved qualityNIST filesNIST files

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