Monthly Archives: January 2018
Asymetric print
A series of numbers and/or letters that uses different font sizes.
Anticopy
A security feature that is integrated in the background printing and consists of structures that are modulated in terms of direction and angle. When...
Anti stokes ink
Ink that becomes visible when exposed to infrared light (with a wavelength of approximately 980nm).
Windowed
A vertical strip (made of a synthetic, metallic or other material) added to the substrate during paper production.
A strip that is intermittently visible on...
Kenya Kicks Off Digital Identity Pilot Program [Update]
Update: Just a month after Kenya launched the rollout its new digital identity pilot program, the country’s High Court has ordered the process be...
The UAE Introduces a New 500-Dirham Polymer Banknote
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has announced the issuance of a new AED 500 (500-Dirham) banknote made of polymer. The announcement came...
Biometric Technologies of the Future: Earlobe Recognition
Expert author Ravi Das has, in previous articles, described DNA recognition and Gait recognition as physical biometric technologies of the future. Here, he presents...
Argentina Upgrades Its Relatively New 2,000-Pesos Banknote
On November 7, just months after issuing its first 2,000-pesos banknote, the Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) has put into circulation an...
Busted: Belgian-Greek Network Smuggling Migrants with fake IDs
The following news story was released by Europe’s Border Security Report earlier this month.
Authorities in Belgium and Greece have dismantled a network that was...
