The Philippines plans to capture the biometrics of international arrivals to increase border security.Senor officials also say that the biometric upgrade would mean that the Philippines will be the first Southeast Asian country to be connected to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) data system.Morente said facial recognition would ensure that pictures taken at the border will be cross-checked with the photo database of Interpol to find out if they match the pictures of any of the millions of wanted fugitives, terrorists, sex offenders, and holders of stolen passports from all over the world who are in the Interpol's database."Eventually, our computers at the airport will be equipped with facial recognition capability that will enable us to immediately detect and apprehend an undesirable alien attempting to enter or flee the country," he said in a statement.With this, Morente revealed that the interconnectivity between the BI and Interpol is almost complete as computer programmers from both agencies have been conducting dry runs and technical tests prior to the launching of the so-called Fixed Interpol Network Database (FIND) project.It involves the real-time checking of different Interpol databases at BI immigration counters to detect wanted fugitives, sex offenders, terrorists, UN Sanction List, holders of stolen lost travel documents, and missing persons.
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