Thales CABIS and LiveScan deployed by Uganda Police Force

Thales CABIS and LiveScan deployed by Uganda Police Force
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Deployment Status	Ongoing
Deployment Start Date
Deployment End Date
Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (11 February 2019, Documented, , No description)
City	Kampala
Country	Uganda
Involved Entities	Interpol, Thales
Keywords
Technology Deployed	Forensic Facial Recognition Software by Thales, Thales CABIS, Thales LiveScan
Information Certainty	Documented
Primary sources	1, 2, 3
Datasets Used	Unknown Dataset 0183
Deployment Type	Criminal investigations, Surveillance
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managed by	Uganda Police Force
used by	Government of Uganda
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Information Certainty	0
Summary	In 2019 Uganda acquired biometric tools from Gemalto, which has since been merged with Thales. The software consisted of a CABIS (Criminal Automated Biometric Identification System) and LiveScan mobile scanners, which feed live matches back to officers during use. When apprehending suspects, the systems are used to capture facial images, fingerprints and iris scans. In 2021, DNA capabilties were added to the system in the hopes of linking the collection of forensic data to the system. This system has also been used by Interpol to find suspects in Uganda, suggesting that Ugandan federal datasets may be being shared with Interpol. Uganda has a recent record of using surveillance technologies to suppress political dissent and target certain communities. Ugandan police also have access to the Huawei CCTV network deployed around the country which has facial recognition capabilties.

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Information Certainty: Documented

Deployment Purpose: Criminal investigations, Surveillance

Summary

In 2019 Uganda acquired biometric tools from Gemalto, which has since been merged with Thales. The software consisted of a CABIS (Criminal Automated Biometric Identification System) and LiveScan mobile scanners, which feed live matches back to officers during use. When apprehending suspects, the systems are used to capture facial images, fingerprints and iris scans. In 2021, DNA capabilties were added to the system in the hopes of linking the collection of forensic data to the system. This system has also been used by Interpol to find suspects in Uganda, suggesting that Ugandan federal datasets may be being shared with Interpol. Uganda has a recent record of using surveillance technologies to suppress political dissent and target certain communities. Ugandan police also have access to the Huawei CCTV network deployed around the country which has facial recognition capabilties.

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Product Deployed	Forensic Facial Recognition Software by Thales Thales CABIS Thales LiveScan
Institutions ⠉	Thales Thales Thales
Datasets	Unknown Dataset 0183
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Status and Events:

Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (11 February 2019, Documented, , No description)
Start Date
End Date

Users:

Involved Entities	Interpol Thales
Managed by	Uganda Police Force
Used by	Government of Uganda

Location:

City	Kampala
Country ⠉	Uganda

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• Citation keyThis property is a special property in this wiki.: macdonaldPolicePlan4M2021
• Datasets Used: Interpol (Information Certainty: Speculative,Description: Interpol have used the system to find suspects)

In 2019, the Uganda Police Force acquired CABIS ( Criminal Automated Biometric Identification System) and LiveScan software from Gemalto. Gemalto has since (in 2019) been merged with Thales. The system allows for the collection of fingerprint, palm and face images. The LiveScan element is mobile scanners which provide live matches back to officers during use.

The police will deploy Gemalto LiveScan in police stations and courts nationwide. It will allow capture of biometric data, along with the subject's mugshot and biographical data. Its local partner ISSUL will assist in the installation, project support and maintenance. CABIS will enable the police to map distinct characteristics in fingerprints, palm prints and face images and use these to accelerate the matching process. In addition, client tools help forensic specialists to confirm identities and establish robust evidence that will aid conviction of guilty individuals. The Ugandan Police Force will be also trial Gemalto Mobile Biometric Identification solution, which helps officers capture individuals' fingerprints using a convenient mobile device. Biometric information is securely submitted to the CABIS over-the-air with matches relayed back to the officer directly via the handset 3

In 2021, the force added DNA capabilities to the system.

The system, known as the Criminal Automated Biometric Identification System (CABIS), allows police officials to match biometric features such as fingerprints, palmprints, face and iris images collected from offenders to identify crime suspects. The top police official, AIGP Edward Ochom, stressed the importance of CABIS, saying it would be very useful in helping the police track down repeat offenders easily. He also expressed hopes that the new forensic DNA capabilities system which has just been launched will receive the necessary funding in order to meet the objective for which it was put in place. The police director in charge of forensics says the forensic biometrics system has so far been installed in 14 police divisions in the metropolitan area of the capital Kampala, and has been helping Interpol in identifying crime suspects and issuing good character clearance certificates, among other achievements 2

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