Security Documents & IT

• Patent watch: Xerox system to prevent banknote copying

  14-Jul-15 - Xerox is awarded a US patent on an improved system for blocking the reproduction of banknotes.

• Authenticating euro coins - with sound

  25-Jun-15 - Researchers in Estonia propose a technique for detecting counterfeit euro coins using acoustic spectra.

• HID unveils anti-counterfeit identity card feature

  03-Jun-15 - HID Global has launched a new security feature for identity cards and other official documents

• Hologram sector 'should look to new applications'

  15-May-15 - Security remains an important application of holography, but industry should look for new uses for the medium.

• New site looks to curb illegal use of images

  01-May-15 - A new online service is trying to help digital artists tired of having their work used without permission or payment.

• New law helps UK police tackle identity crime

  04-Apr-15 - New legislation that will boost powers to tackle counterfeit documents has been adopted in the UK.

• Keesing showcases portable document authenticator

  03-Apr-15 - Keesing will present a mobile version of its AuthentiScan platform at this year's Interpol World Congress.

• Brief: Fake dollars seized at JFK airport

  24-Mar-15 - US CBP officers have seized $65,200 dollars in counterfeit 100 dollar bills at JFK International express cargo facility.

• New £1 coin 'most secure in world'

  20-Mar-15 - The £1 coin is being replaced for the first time in over 30 years because of its vulnerability to sophisticated counterfeiters.

• Nanotech Security posts record revenues

  09-Mar-15 - Canada's Nanotech Security Corp added three new customers in the fourth quarter of 2014, adding $1.3m to its order books.

• Anti-counterfeit technology: news in brief

  04-Mar-15 - Product and tech updates from Nanotech Security, TrustPoint, Applied DNA Sciences, 3C! Packaging and Antares Vision.

• ECB launches new €20 note with anti-counterfeit window

  25-Feb-15 - A new €20 note has been unveiled in the EU, featuring a 'portrait window' feature designed to boost counterfeit protection.

• Computer analysis tells genuine art from fake

  16-Feb-15 - The art world may no longer need experts to uncover fake pieces - a computer could be able to do the job.

• Israeli pair plead guilty to huge counterfeit dollar operation

  08-Feb-15 - Two Israeli nationals have pleaded guilty to manufacturing counterfeit money in the US, reports the US Secret Service.

• Fake euro notes jump in 2014

  23-Jan-15 - The European Central Bank has released data showing that the amount of counterfeit bank notes shot up in the second-half of 2014.

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