New Zealand and U.S. share fingerprints

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Once again the United States has made and agreement with an allied country to share fingerprint databases. The New Zealand police will allow the U.S to access their fingerprint database to combat crime and terrorism. New Zealand authorities will have to send individual requests to the US for data matching. As before with Japan, the U.S agencies that will be involved will include the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. They will be able to compare fingerprints to see if there’s a match and be able to share further information such as addresses, convictions, known associates and aliases.

 

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Source: New Zealand Herald

[Abstract written by Alicia Terrell, ForensIQ Intern, 041014]

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