Orga Smart Card Technology Helps UK Police Forces Fight Mobile Crime
UK Police forces now have a new way of fighting mobile phone-related crime, thanks to technology from smart card pioneers ORGA Kartensysteme GmbH. Smart cards and reading technology from ORGA, and specialist software from ORGA's technology partner Radio Tactics is now being used by selected UK police forces to gather evidence to help victims of mobile phone-related crime, by accessing and examining data on a mobile device's SIM card.
ORGA's smart card technology-based forensic SIM analysis platform is the first portable solution which can provide Law Enforcement Agencies with the capability to safely and confidently recover digital evidence from both GSM SIM and USIM-based devices - evidence which can then be transferred to police computers for further investigation and analysis.
The number of mobile phones in the UK has risen from 17 million to 51 million since 1999 and 28% of all reported robberies now involve a mobile, or are mobile related, according to the government's own data.
ORGA's smart card technology is combined with Radio Tactics' own analysis module to enable police forces to download SIM card data which may be useful as prosecution evidence, or for other investigative purposes. "ORGA helps us to deliver quality and reliability to the law enforcement customers," commented Radio Tactics' MD Andy Gill. "We're extremely proud to be able to help UK police forces tackle the fight against mobile related crime," he added.
"We have over 10 years of work specifically in the provision of technology to assist the law enforcement sector in mobile telecommunications. This response to a growing requirement demonstrates the breadth of capability that ORGA offers within the smart card technology arena," commented ORGA's Director of application and technology partnerships, Simon Reed. "We also see the requirement for portable, rapid forensic level smart card monitoring equipment being required in many other areas. These include transport, for roadside tachograph driver card analysis, ID, for border or spot checks and EMV chip based bank cards. This can be a significant growth area for us over the next few years," he added.
Source: press release
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