Kenya’s Interior Ministry plans to connect surveillance cameras with the country’s national identity records so that police can match faces captured on camera against official ID photos, Interior Cabinet Secretary […]

The South African Social Security Agency has issued an open bid for supply, installation, and commissioning of CCTV cameras and biometric access control devices, together with maintenance, warranty, and a […]

Mumbai Police and the Government Railway Police used facial recognition software and extensive CCTV review to identify and arrest a suspect within 12 hours of a fatal stabbing near Malad […]

Rastriya Jeevan Beema Company Limited, Nepal’s government-owned life insurer, has issued a tender for the procurement and installation of a combined CCTV and biometric attendance system, signaling a security and […]

The Davao City Police Office in the Philippines has voiced support for a proposed ordinance that would add facial recognition to the city’s surveillance and emergency-response systems, provided that deployment […]

Channel 4’s tenth-anniversary season of Hunted will open with a high-stakes airport sequence built around facial-recognition technology, adding a real-world surveillance layer to the show’s trademark chase format. The episode […]

Hong Kong intends to expand its citywide CCTV network to roughly 60,000 cameras by 2028, a steep increase from the nearly 4,000 operating today under the police SmartView program. Legislative […]

KAI, Indonesia’s state railway company, is planning to implement a CCTV facial recognition system to enhance passenger safety. Anne Purba, KAI’s VP of Public Relations, says the system will be […]

The implementation of facial-recognition technology as part of Bermuda’s new security camera network has raised privacy and human rights concerns. The Bermuda Human Rights Commission (HRC) has expressed alarm over […]