Security Documents & IT

Viewpoint: ID documents - holograms innovate and protect

IHMA's Mark Deakes considers developments in security holography in the face of worries about fake IDs.

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  Euro banknote counterfeiting still low, but rises in Germany

  Around 331,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the first half of 2017.

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  Hansa marketplace shuttered along with AlphaBay

  Dark web has emerged as a "haven of rampant criminality" and needs to be fought, says EU Commissioner.

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  India issues call to banknote security feature suppliers

  The Reserve Bank of India is seeking proposals for security features that can be used in banknotes.

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  World's largest illicit dark web site AlphaBay closed

  The world's largest market for illicit goods on the dark web is shut down; alleged founder arrested and now dead.

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  Quantum physics and graphene collide in anti-counterfeit tech

  New quantum technology from a British university has been described as "making counterfeiting impossible".

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  People: TruTag expands into China with new hire

  Hawaii's TruTag Technologies has appointed Saih Bang Wong as managing director of Asia sales.