Ghana Police Get Over 100 Biometric Devices For Field Checks Against National Database

Police in Ghana have acquired more than 100 mobile devices to perform biometric identity verifications in the field. The devices and associated software are valued at US$2 million, and are intended to help improve the effectiveness of law enforcement activities. Accra-based Margins ID Group supplied the devices. Police can use the devices for biometric checks against the National Identification Authority’s database. This will allow wanted individuals, as well as Ghana Card holders, and vehicle registration and insurance information, to be checked. The NIA database holds biometric records on more than 17 million people, and they can be identified in real time, according…