“Neil Stammer speaks nearly a dozen languages, so when he fled the country using false papers, it left law enforcement with few clues as to where he might be. The case languished for 14 years until this January, when a new facial recognition system found a face that matched Stammer’s. The Diplomatic Security Service had his face on file under the name Kevin Hodges, thanks to a recent visa application to the US Embassy in Nepal. The DSS contacted the FBI, and a few months later Stammer was in custody. In Stammer’s case, both of the photos were passport-style photos taken from close range, with the subject directly facing the cameras.”

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/12/5996557/the-fbi-just-used-facial-recognition-to-catch-a-fugitive-of-14-years

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