Albania’s national State Police force is contracting technology for a new multimodal biometric identification center and mobile devices to improve its suspect identification and forensic investigation capabilities. The biometric identification center will merge fingerprint biometrics, facial recognition, photo and tattoo enrollment, voice capture and identity document scanning into a unified system, referred to as a Multi-application Biometric Personal Identification Systems (AMAIS) according to local outlet CNA. The government has budgeted 223.6 million Albanian lekë or about 2.39 million euros (approximately US$2.7 million) for the biometric equipment. The tender includes 12 fixed multimodal stations for biometric data collection and management, and 30 portable devices for fingerprint and face biometrics identification in the field. Article TopicsAlbania | biometrics | law enforcement | mobile biometrics | multimodal biometrics | tender