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Tuesday, January 28 2020 - 23:19
AsiaNet
Biometric Border Control From DERMALOG in Thailand
BANGKOK and HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/

Thailand is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world. Millions 
of people are coming to the Southeast Asian country every year. To make 
Thailand's borders more secure and more efficient, DERMALOG from Germany has 
supplied the Thai Immigration Bureau with a new biometric system.

Beautiful beaches, impressive temples and tropical landscapes make Thailand a 
vacation paradise. Millions of people travel to the Southeast Asian country 
every year to spend their holidays. The numerous entries and exits of people 
from all over the world are challenging the Thai Immigration Bureau (IB). This 
is why the IB has chosen the latest innovative technology from DERMALOG. 
Passport, fingerprints and face of each traveler are captured upon arrival and 
departure. The new border control system identifies a person by their biometric 
data to prevent any fraud attempts and identity theft.

The core of DERMALOG's solution is a so-called Automated Biometric 
Identification System (ABIS). It matches not only fingerprints but also face 
and optional iris, which makes the DERMALOG ABIS most accurate and reliable. 
The new system in Thailand takes only 0.1 seconds to identify a person through 
the entire database by fingerprint and face. At present, it is the world's 
fastest multi-biometric systems for so-called one-to-many matching.

The new biometric border control system has been installed at 65 border 
crossings throughout Thailand, which are the 16 international airports and 49 
land borders and seaports. A total of 1,020 biometric counters for entry and 
exit are now in operation nationwide. Since its launch in May 2019, the 
DERMALOG solution has already checked about 49 million travelers. 

Among them, the Thai Immigration Bureau identified more than 4,300 blacklisted 
persons and about 127,000 people who had violated visa regulations. In 
addition, 3,166 persons had been arrested for fraud attempts, detected by the 
biometric system. "We are very satisfied with the new Dermalog biometric border 
control system, as it has increased the rate of catching criminals at our 
borders tremendously," says Immigration Bureau chief Sompong Chingduang.

DERMALOG's innovative biometric systems have improved border security in 16 
countries already. In total, more than 240 government agencies in 90 countries 
are using this latest biometric technology from Germany.

Picture is available at AP Images (http://www.apimages.com) 

Press contact:
DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH
Sven Böckler
Press Relations
Phone: +49(0)4132270
info@dermalog.com
www.dermalog.com

Source:  DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH