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Impostors
The use of documents by look-alikes or impostors is currently one of the fastest growing and most serious methods of fraud involving passports, identity...
Micro-optics technology for ID applications
In 2006 an overt banknote security feature, called MOTION™ was introduced. This feature, which incorporates micro-optics technology, has subsequently been approved for use in...
The new German ID card: one year on
With the new German ID card and the IT systems working in the background, electronic identities have become the key to trustworthy activities on...
The golden harmony of Fibonacci
With the introduction of a multitude of technological innovations in the banknote industry over the past decade, many banknote designs of our time tend...
Facial recognition techniques
With advances in biometrics technology and improvements in IT infrastructure, there is a growing acceptance of face recognition technologies in our daily lives. Arnoud...
Overlay innovations
With increasing global travel and the advancing sophistication of organised crime and counterfeiters, passports must become ever more sophisticated in order to offer protection...