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Register now for your free 30-day trial to gain access to a searchable library of more than 18,000 images of body fluids on a wide variety of fabrics, captured using the Crime-lite AUTO under multiple imaging conditions.

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QUESTIONED DOCUMENT
EXAMINATION

Forensic-level examination of handwritten and printed documents
including travel and ID documents, banknotes, cheques and stamps etc.

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FINGERPRINT EVIDENCE
FINGERPRINT DETECTION, CAPTURE AND ENHANCEMENT

Advanced systems for the development and photography of fingerprints using traditional and exclusive techniques

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FORENSIC ILLUMINATION
Crime-lite® FORENSIC LIGHT SOURCES

LED and LASER light sources that will redefine your expectations of a forensic light source.

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Regular forensic science webinars, covering a broad range of subjects, provide a fascinating insight into foster+freeman products and the technology behind them.

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FORENSIC SCIENCE INNOVATION

At the forefront of forensic science technology for over 40 years

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NEW PRODUCTS: MVC® FFLEX RANGE

The Next Generation of Industry Standard Cyanoacrylate Fuming Cabinets

For more than 20-years, MVC® fuming cabinets have set the benchmark for performance and reliability as the dependable workhorses of forensic laboratories worldwide. Updated with radical new designs, the MVC®FFLEX S and MVC®FFLEX M build on that tried and trusted technology while offering innovative new user-focussed features that will optimise results, increase laboratory efficiency, and provide complete end-to-end control of the fingermark development process.

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NEW PRODUCT: DISCOVER®

DISCOVER a New Way to Maximize the Search, Detection, and Imaging of Evidence at the Crime Scene or Laboratory

Combining our handheld Crime-lite AUTO imaging device (for the crime scene) with a dedicated laboratory docking system, DISCOVER is a 2-part solution that meets the needs of CSI and lab professionals at every stage of the forensic evidence workflow.

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DISCOVER fingermark imaging cleaned

Crime-lite® AUTO

A New Generation of Forensic Light Source

The most complete and compact forensics digital camera solution in existence.
Combining the latest forensic imaging technology with high-intensity multi-spectral illumination, the new Crime-lite® AUTO is a complete solution to the search, detection, and capture of evidence.

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AARI® – AMINO ACID RAPID IMAGER

Streamlined Fingerprint Visualisation and Mark-Up

Dramatically increase the speed and accuracy of fingerprint visualisation on items of porous/semi-porous evidence.
AARI is a fully-integrated detection and imaging system with intelligent AI Assist Ridge Detection software. Using AARI, tasks that previously took many hours of manual processing can now be achieved in minutes.

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Crime-lite® LASER

Our Most Advanced Light Source to Date

For the detection and examination of every last trace of forensic evidence; the new Crime-lite® LASER provides intense, ultranarrowband LASER illumination from a truly portable light source.
Available in Blue (447nm) and Green (520nm) wavelengths, the Crime-lite® LASER is capable of revealing evidence including latent and treated fingermarks, body fluids, and other invaluable traces of forensic evidence

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Product Verification Library: Register Now for Your Free 30-Day Trial

Product Verification Library: Register Now for Your Free 30-Day Trial

Register now for your free 30-day trial to gain access to a searchable library of more than 18,000 images of body fluids on a wide variety of fabrics, captured using the Crime-lite AUTO under multiple imaging conditions.
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Advanced questioned document imaging technique can reveal the order in which ink layers are added to handwritten and printed documents

Advanced questioned document imaging technique can reveal the order in which ink layers are added to handwritten and printed documents

foster+freeman authored publication details the use of VSC Photometric Stereo and Elastomeric Sensor Imaging to interrogate and analyse questioned documents to understand the sequence of activity level features - ink line intersections, toner/ink boundaries etc.
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International collaboration will promote forensic excellence in India and beyond

International collaboration will promote forensic excellence in India and beyond

Officials representing foster+freeman, the Indian National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), and the British High Commission, met in Gandhinagar to sign a joint Memorandum of Understanding
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Industry-academia engagement boosts forensic innovation at foster+freeman

Industry-academia engagement boosts forensic innovation at foster+freeman

Learn more about The Organization of Scientific Area Committees and the expansion of its guidelines to cover non-traditional laboratories.
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Card Grader using forensic technology

Card and Collectible Graders turn to Forensic Technology

As Collectible Card Game (CCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) items have increased in value, so too has the need for these items to be accurately verified, authenticated and graded.
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Chemical reagents - the missing link in fingermark validation?

Chemical reagents – the missing link in fingermark validation?

The work of forensic experts has significant implications on the lives of individuals and societies as a whole. As such, the results that examiners provide must be reliable and trustworthy: this is where validation comes in.

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