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Revision as of 23:48, 14 March 2021
Information Certainty: Documented
Type: Law Enforcement
Technical information:
| Full name | Sistema Automatizzato di Identificazione delle Impronte |
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| Country | Italy |
| Contents | Facial Images Fingerprints Controlled |
| Images | 17,000,000 |
| Individuals | 9,000,000 |
| Runs database software | Database software from Thales |
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Developers and Users:
| Developed by | Polizia di Stato Carabinieri |
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| Custodian institution | Polizia di Stato |
Description[edit | ]
In Italy, the database of facial images that is used for FR searches is AFIS. The National Police is the custodian of the AFIS facial image database (more specifically, the Forensic Institute). The AFIS software is from Thales (previously Cogent). The persons that are entered into the AFIS facial image database are those who can be entered according to the law, e.g. convicts, arrested suspects, unidentified persons, immigrants and asylum seekers. About 90% of the AFIS subjects are foreigners, that are thereby available for FR searches in criminal investigations. The AFIS facial image database contains about 9 million individuals and 17 million images. There is no limit to the number of times the same person can be enrolled. 1
In addition to facial images, also fingerprints are stored in AFIS, while DNA is in a separate database. The facial images in AFIS are linked via fingerprint to the same identity. The facial data contains both a frontal image and a right profile image of each person. 1
References
- a b "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