Posted on 09/18/2026 8:16:42 AM PDT by fruser1
Operation Shams II (1 – 5 June 2026), coordinated by INTERPOL, brought together 28 specialized officers and experts from 11 countries. During the five days of coordinated action, held in Tunis, Tunisia, law enforcement officers extracted 108,076 facial images from visual content published by jihadist groups.
Programmed AI agents and advanced AI-generated scripts were used to automate parts of the data collection and investigative processes, enabling the system to deduplicate and quality-check the images. This narrowed the dataset to 6,362 unique, high-quality facial images ready for processing through INTERPOL’s Facial Recognition System. AI-generated output was subject to review and verification by trained officers and analysts in accordance with INTERPOL's Rules on the Processing of Data.
In addition to the images obtained from online platforms, officers from INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau in Baghdad, Iraq, provided a large intelligence dataset related to terrorism suspects, adding hundreds more images for extraction and processing.
To date, 126 Foreign Terrorist Fighters have been identified from the images processed during Operation Shams II. These matches will enrich existing intelligence on suspects, including potential locations and social networks. The data is now being integrated into INTERPOL’s databases, reinforcing global efforts to detect, track and disrupt terrorist movements worldwide.
Investigative leads identified during the operation are already being used to support judicial procedures in participating countries, including one case targeting two currently detained suspected Foreign Terrorist Fighters suspects. With thousands more images yet to be processed, further comparisons are ongoing and may identify additional leads.
(Excerpt) Read more at interpol.int ...
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The type of thing AI should be doing not replacing people
At least not as a final step. AI can speed things up, but they still need to verify everything, like alibis and whatever.
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