- Document Forensics Team Benefits from Access to Document Details -

3M announced it has signed an agreement with the document forensics team of the City Police Department of Milan, Italy. Under the agreement, 3M will provide the Milan document forensics team with a 3M full page reader to collect high resolution images of passports and identity documents. In turn, 3M will receive images of those documents, with personal information omitted to continue expanding the 3M authentication system database of international travel and identification reference documents.

"3M is excited about the opportunity to help the False Document Office of the Milan City Police Department improve the document forensic services it offers to the Milan City Police personnel and its national partners," said Mike Delkoski, division vice president, 3M Security Systems Division. "Continuous addition of reference documents to our database will provide increased value to customers who use the 3M authentication system - a system that helps inspectors identify fraudulent travel documents. We expect to enter into similar agreements with other reference document agencies in the future."

The 3M full page document reader gives the False Document Office of the Milan City Police Department access to a greater level of document features. Inspectors can capture full page images of travel and identification documents in visible, infrared and ultraviolet spectrums. In addition, the reader performs optical character recognition and can save full-color images of the entire document or an isolated portion of the document.

"We are very happy to enter into this agreement with 3M," said Laura Galli, Milan City Police. "Our current system in the field captures documents in visible spectrum only. We're confident this will give us a technological boost to help combat falsified documents."

3M brings more than 30 years of experience, a global presence, technical innovation and a strong customer focus to the secure document marketplace. 3M solutions cover a broad spectrum of enhanced travel and border security, including document issuance and border management.

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