Article

Interpol’s approach to missing persons’ family matching at an international level: using population data from geographic groups for kinship calculations

English version
Author
Andrea Fischer, Susan Hitchin, Willem Burgers, Wim Wiegerinck, John Buckleto
Region
Global
Thematic Area
Technology & Data / Forensics
Topic
Identification / DNA Analysis
Access
Open access

Interpol, as the world’s largest international law enforcement agency, assists police in its 190 member countries by making available tools and services for the international exchange of police data including forensic DNA data.

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