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Facial recognition AI identifies fugitive in Turkey
Turkish police in Adana used facial recognition to identify a fugitive who claimed to have no identity documents. The system matched him to a person wanted for robbery with a 10-year prison sentence.
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What happened
Police in Adana, Turkey's Seyhan district stopped a person during a routine operation on the street. The person told police he had no identity documents.
Police took the person into custody and used a facial recognition system to identify him. The system identified the person as Süleyman Abül, age 38, who was wanted for robbery with a 10-year 1-month 10-day prison sentence.
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