FBI director’s India visit prompts new policy on sharing biometrics of fugitives

During the first visit by an FBI director to India in twelve years, current agency director Christopher Wray urged Indian authorities to begin collecting biometric data on fugitive criminals – which, says a report in The Indian Express, all central investigation agencies in the country are now doing.

Until the change, standard practice for so-called Red Corner Notice requests was for Interpol to provide authorities with details such as the accused’s name, residence and current location. On Wray’s prompt, agencies …

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