The FBI has turned to a range of advanced forensic tools, including its NGI system, to unravel the mystery of who abducted 84 ...

As if the regular detainment of children isn’t bad enough, documents show that U.S. immigration authorities are adding their DNA to a criminal database. In less than five years, the U.S. has collected ...

Trump is ringing in his second term with a barrage of executive orders — and many are laying the groundwork for a massive genetic surveillance campaign targeting migrants. “In other words,” Ackerman ...

The FBI's Next Generation Identification (NGI) system will improve law enforcement’s capabilities as much as DNA analysis, according to Dave Cuthbertson, assistant director, Criminal Justice ...

The UK’s biometrics commissioner, Fraser Sampson, has told MPs and Lords there is a “non-deletion culture” in policing with regards to the retention of people’s biometric information, even when they ...

A forensic blueprint for truth, security, accountabilityIn an era where crime has become increasingly mobile, digital and identity-driven, the ability to reliably establish who is who has become one ...

Speculation over a proposal to hand Australians' biometric data to the US is raising concerns among privacy experts.

A new customs law is now in effect for non-citizens entering or leaving the US — and it gives officials the power to request your DNA. The Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the ...

TAMPA — When it comes to biometrics, the U.S. Department. of Defense has gained vast experience during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the military has captured millions of fingerprints, ...