Security Documents & IT

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  Spanish police take down counterfeit passport ring

  Thousands of fake passports and IDs seized, including items with high-quality security features such as UV holograms.

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  Key hurdle falls for Nanotech, Meta merger

  Shareholders in Nanotech have backed the company's $73m takeover by Meta Materials, which should close next week.

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  Luminochem hires Thomas Poe as US representative

  Security pigment industry veteran will spearhead business development for the company in the US.

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  Sumitomo gets new patent on NIR anti-counterfeit ink

  Ink is unchanged by temperature or sunlight, is long-lasting, offers good contrast and doesn't ned organic solvents.

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  CBP seizes thousands of fake COVID-19 jab cards in Alaska

  The cards have low quality printing, but are intended to closely resemble authentic CDC vaccination certificates.

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  New role for holograms in Asia vaccination card programme

  IHMA chair Dr Paul Dunn looks at a new project in Asia to secure the authentication of vaccination cards.

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