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access. The fingerprint data, either ten print forms or crime scene marks are received into the
Fingerprint Unit from the member countries of INTERPOL. The Fingerprint Unit uses an AFIS
which was developed and is maintained by SAGEM. Presently the database contains 146000
fingerprint records and 3500 crime scene marks. Officers worldwide will take fingerprints of a
suspect and the data is then submitted to INTERPOL where it is uploaded on to the database.
Records are saved and exchanged in the format set by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST). Authorized users in member countries can view, submit and cross-check
records using I-24/7, INTERPOL’s secure global police communications network.
The Fingerprints Unit at INTERPOL actively encourages member countries to use the database
as extensively as possible, and increase the number of relevant fingerprints in the system. It is
highly recommended that all fingerprints of foreign nationals arrested or nationals suspected
of transnational crimes, and unsolved crime scene marks are submitted to the Fingerprint Unit.
Transmission of Data
Due to its nature, INTERPOL’s Fingerprint unit receives fingerprints from all over the world, up
until 1999 all fingerprint files were received in paper format and these forms were then cut and
pasted onto an INTERPOL designed support card. This card worked well, however was very
time consuming and left room for error by not pasting the received fingerprints in the correct
position in the form. Through a European working group it was decided to try and develop a
form that could be used by member countries for the international exchange of fingerprints,
over a period of 18 months experts from several European countries met and created the
INTERPOL fingerprint transmission form for European countries, later this form was presented
at a General Assembly and was accepted as the standard for Fingerprint exchange through
INTERPOL.
The form was met with limited success from member countries, several European countries
adopted it as their National standard form however due to the limited number of countries
using this form the INTERPOL fingerprint unit was still faced with processing many different
types of fingerprint forms. The working group did not give up however and with more and more
countries now using AFIS decided to create an electronic version of the form in the ANSI/NIST
format, taking advantage of previous work done on this by the UK, the working group looked
at each part of the form and gave it the corresponding NIST file record number. This form was
presented at the General Assembly in India and the delegates voted unanimously to use this
form for the exchange of fingerprint records. For 12 years this form has been in existence and
it has now become the recognised form for the transmission of fingerprint data internationally
and the INTERPOL Implementation is widely used by member countries and is also supported
by industry leaders in AFIS.
What to send?
All member countries are invited to submit the following information to the database for search
and comparison.
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