International Criminal Police Organization's (Interpol) Automatic Fingerprinting System (AFIS) enables rapid and accurate identification using vast amounts of fingerprint data collected worldwide, and the system plays an important role in various fields, including identification of international criminals and terrorists, search for missing persons, and recovery of stolen and missing property. In addition, AFIS supports law enforcement agencies in each country to work together to effectively solve crimes, which is acting as an essential tool to counter the rise of international crimes. This study aims to analyze in-depth the operation method of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)'s automatic fingerprint search system (AFIS) and its use cases, and through this, the importance of the automatic fingerprint search system (AFIS) in international criminal investigations and its effectiveness are highlighted. In addition, along with the technological advancement of the automatic fingerprint search system (AFIS), the latest trends and challenges to increase the efficiency of the system will be examined. Through this, it is intended to contribute to the search for application plans and future development directions in Korea.
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