On 18 October 2022 started the high-level expert meeting on Document Fraud and Biometrics (facial comparisons) at the AFRIPOL HQ to build and strengthen the capacities of African Union law enforcement agencies in these fields of expertise.
The meeting is organized in partnership with the GermanFederal Police. For the first time, a joint African harmonized standardin Document Fraud Verification and Biometrics should be defined.
Took part in this meeting 40 participants from the AUC HQ, Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo Brazzavile, Djibouti, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao-Tomé and Principe, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tchad, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia.
