Mugshot Database, Greece
Type: Law Enforcement
Technical information:
| Full name | |
|---|---|
| Country | Greece |
| Contents | |
| Images | |
| Individuals | 377,000 |
| Runs database software | Fire Exos II |
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The mugshot database is the only database in Greece that is used for FR searches for the detection, prevention, and investigation of crime.
The custodian of the mugshot database is the Video and Image Laboratory of the Audiovisual Evidence of the Department of Photography and Modus Operandi o f the Hellenic Police Forensic Science Division. The software used for the database management and searching is Fire Exos II, produced by Unidas.
The mugshot database contains the facial images of suspects who have been arrested and of convicts sentenced to imprisonment. As of January 2020, the number of individuals with images stored in the mugshot database was about 377 000. An image can be stored in the database until the person reaches the age of 80 years but can be deleted sooner in a situation when the person dies or is acquitted. Multiple images of a person are captured and enrolled in the database:
- Frontal view image;
- Right side view image;
- Full body image.
Images are taken using special outfitted image capturing stations at the Hellenic Police Forensic Science Division, as well as using general custody rooms with a digital camera in police stations across the country (the number of such police stations in Greece is 70).
The enrolment of the images into the mugshot database is done by forensic examiners at the Hellenic Police Forensic Science Division.
Other biometric data (e.g. fingerprints) and biographic information (e.g. name of the person, nationality) are stored in separate databases. Mugshot images are linked to fingerprints and biographic data using a unique number.
Uncontrolled images are searched but are not stored in the mugshot database.1
References
- ^ "Summary Report of the project “Towards the European Level Exchange of Facial Images” (TELEFI)". (2021) <https://www.telefi-project.eu/sites/default/files/TELEFI_SummaryReport.pdf> Accessed: 2021-03-12