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Here’s how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds
Here’s how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds
privacyinternational.org Here’s how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds
The “EU Trust Fund for Stability and Addressing Root Causes of Irregular Migration and Displaced Persons in Africa” (EUTF for Africa) isn’t exactly headline news (and nor does it exactly roll off the tongue), but its influence is vast and will be felt for decades to come for millions of people ac
As well as equipping and training security agencies in surveillance, the Fund is being used to bankroll the development of mass-scale biometric identity systems across the African continent and is awarding lucrative contracts to well-connected European security companies in the process.