Ministry looks into using fingerprint data to fight crime
Currently, stored fingerprint data can only be used by police to identify passport and ID card applicants or to identify an unidentified victim.
Source: yle.fi
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Currently, stored fingerprint data can only be used by police to identify passport and ID card applicants or to identify an unidentified victim.
The Ministry of the Interior is investigating whether fingerprints taken for passports and identity cards could be handed over to the police for the investigation of serious criminal acts.