FADO (False and Authentic Documents Online)
Definition
FRONTEX-managed EU database providing border officers with reference images of both genuine and known fraudulent travel documents from EU and associated states.
- Manager
- FRONTEX
- Scope
- EU and associated states
- Content
- Reference images of genuine and known fraudulent travel documents
- Primary user
- Border officers
Common questions
How does FADO's coverage of fraudulent documents help border officers beyond having genuine templates?+
Having reference images of known fraud types lets an officer compare a suspicious document against previously catalogued forgery techniques and specific counterfeit specimens, not just check it against the genuine template, which speeds recognition of document families already known to be circulating.
Is FADO a real-time verification system or a reference database?+
FADO functions as a reference and lookup database for document specifications and known fraud examples rather than performing live automated verification of an individual document at a checkpoint, which is typically handled by separate document-reading and authentication hardware.
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