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Global DNA Profiling Survey Results

2019

Classification: Unclassified

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Summary of results................................................................................................................................................... 5

INTERPOL member countries that reported using DNA profiling in police investigations .................................... 7

INTERPOL member countries that reported having a DNA database ..................................................................... 8

INTERPOL member countries that reported having a specialized missing persons DNA database ........................ 9

Survey results: Africa ............................................................................................................................................. 10

Survey results: Americas ........................................................................................................................................ 12

Survey results: Asia ................................................................................................................................................ 14

Survey results: Europe ........................................................................................................................................... 16

INTERPOL’s 194 member countries ..................................................................................................................... 19

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INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019

Summary of results

Every two years, INTERPOL conducts a Global DNA Profiling Survey to monitor the use of DNA

profiling and DNA databases in its member countries.

In 2019, INTERPOL’s 194 National Central Bureaus (NCBs) were asked to provide their national

DNA statistics as of the end of 2018. The full list of countries whose NCBs responded, is detailed

on page 19.

110 (57 %) NCBs, representing their member countries, responded to the 2019 Survey.

These results were combined with the results of the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling

Survey 2016 to give a total of 130 responses, of which:

89 reported using DNA profiling in police investigations,

70 reported having a DNA database (a searchable repository),

31 reported having a specialized missing persons DNA database (a searchable

repository),

83 reported using Y-STR analysis,

34 reported using mitochondrial DNA analysis.

NB: This report only contains the information which has been authorized by the member countries’

NCBs to be published. Consequently, this redacted report may not reflect the current situation.

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89 INTERPOL member countries that reported using DNA profiling in police investigations

(combined results of 2016 and 2019 surveys)

REGION MEMBER COUNTRY

AFRICA

ALGERIA

BOTSWANA

BURKINA FASO

EGYPT*

GHANA*

MOROCCO

NAMIBIA SEYCHELLES*

SOUTH AFRICA

SUDAN

TUNISIA*

TOTAL 11


AMERICAS

BAHAMAS

BERMUDA (UK)▲

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHILE

COSTA RICA

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS*

NICARAGUA

PANAMA*

SAINT LUCIA*

SINT MAARTEN

UNITED STATES

TOTAL 13


ASIA

AUSTRALIA

BAHRAIN

BRUNEI*

INDIA*

IRAQ

JAPAN

JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

KUWAIT

LEBANON

MALAYSIA

NEW ZEALAND

QATAR

SAUDI ARABIA*

SINGAPORE

TIMOR LESTE

TURKMENISTAN*

VIETNAM

TOTAL 19


EUROPE

ALBANIA

ANDORRA

ARMENIA

AUSTRIA

AZERBAIJAN

BELARUS

BELGIUM

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

BULGARIA

CROATIA

CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLIC

DENMARK

ESTONIA

FINLAND

FRANCE

GEORGIA*

GERMANY

GREECE

HUNGARY

ICELAND

IRELAND

ISRAEL

ITALY

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

LUXEMBOURG

MALTA*

MONACO*

MONTENEGRO

NETHERLANDS*

NORTH MACEDONIA*

NORWAY

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

RUSSIA

SAN MARINO

SERBIA

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

SPAIN

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

TURKEY

UNITED KINGDOM

TOTAL 46

▲ = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular

INTERPOL member country)

* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019)

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70 INTERPOL member countries that reported having a DNA database

(combined results of 2016 and 2019 surveys)


AFRICA

ALGERIA

BOTSWANA

EGYPT*

MOROCCO

SOUTH AFRICA

SUDAN

TUNISIA*

TOTAL 7


AMERICAS

BAHAMAS

BERMUDA (UK)▲

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHILE

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS*

PANAMA*

SAINT LUCIA*

UNITED STATES

TOTAL 10


ASIA

AUSTRALIA

IRAQ

JAPAN

JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

LEBANON

MALAYSIA

NEW ZEALAND

QATAR

SAUDI ARABIA*

SINGAPORE

VIETNAM

TOTAL 13


EUROPE

ALBANIA

AUSTRIA

AZERBAIJAN

BELARUS

BELGIUM

BULGARIA

CROATIA

CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLIC

DENMARK

ESTONIA

FINLAND

FRANCE

GEORGIA*

GERMANY

GREECE

HUNGARY

ICELAND

IRELAND

ISRAEL

ITALY

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

LUXEMBOURG

MALTA*

MONTENEGRO

NETHERLANDS*

NORTH MACEDONIA*

NORWAY

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

RUSSIA

SERBIA

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

SPAIN

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

UNITED KINGDOM

TOTAL 40

▲ = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular

INTERPOL member country)


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31 INTERPOL member countries that reported having

a specialized missing persons DNA database

(included in the survey questionnaire for the first time in 2019)


AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA

TOTAL 1


AMERICAS

BRAZIL

CANADA CHILE

GUATEMALA

UNITED STATES

TOTAL 5


ASIA

IRAQ JAPAN

KAZAKHSTAN

LEBANON

TOTAL 4


EUROPE

AUSTRIA

AZERBAIJAN BELARUS

BELGIUM

CYPRUS FRANCE

GERMANY GREECE

IRELAND

ISRAEL ITALY

MONTENEGRO

NORWAY POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

SPAIN SWITZERLAND

UNITED KINGDOM

TOTAL 21

INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Africa (2 pages)

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INTERPOL

Member Country

DNA

Profiling

DNA

Database

Missing

Persons DNA

Database

Profiling Categories

Reference Crime

Stains

Missing

Persons

Relatives of

Missing

Persons

Unidentified

Human Remains Other Total

Algeria Yes Yes X X X X X X X X

Angola - - - - - - - - - -

Benin X X X X X X X X X X

Botswana Yes Yes - - - - - - - -

Burkina Faso Yes Planned Planned Yes Yes - - - - -

Burundi - - - - - - - - - -

Cameroon - - - - - - - - - -

Cape Verde - - - - - - - - - -

Central African Republic - - - - - - - - - -

Chad X X X - - - - - - -

Comoros - - - - - - - - - -

Congo - - - - - - - - - -

Côte d'Ivoire X X X - - - - - - -

Dem. Rep. of Congo - - - - - - - - - -

Djibouti - - - - - - - - - -

Egypt* Yes Yes - - - - - - 4,162 4,162

Equatorial Guinea - - - - - - - - - -

Eritrea - - - - - - - - - -

Eswatini X X X X X X X X X X

Ethiopia X X X X X X X X X X

Gabon* No No - - - - - - - -

Gambia - - - - - - - - - -

Ghana* Yes No - 202 338 3 1 1 648 1,193

Guinea - - - - - - - - - -

Guinea Bissau - - - - - - - - - -

Kenya X X X X X X X X X X

Lesotho - - - - - - - - - -

Liberia - - - - - - - - - -

Libya X X X X X X X X X X Madagascar - - - - - - - - - -

Malawi - - - - - - - - - -

Mali X X X X X X X X X X

Mauritania X X X X X X X X X X Mauritius - - - - - - - - - -

INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Africa (2 pages)

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INTERPOL

Member Country

DNA

Profiling

DNA

Database

Missing

Persons DNA

Database


Reference Crime

Stains

Missing

Persons

Relatives of

Missing

Persons

Unidentified


Morocco Yes Yes No X X X X X X X

Mozambique - - - - - - - - - -

Namibia Yes No No X X - - - X X

Niger - - - - - - - - - -

Nigeria - - - - - - - - - -

Rwanda X X X X X X X X X X

Sao Tome & Principe - - - - - - - - - -

Senegal - - - - - - - - - -

Seychelles* Yes Planned - - - - - - - -

Sierra Leone No No - - - - - - - -

Somalia - - - - - - - - - -

South Africa Yes Yes Yes 614,284 451,016 120,471 - - 54,397 1,240,168

South Sudan - - - - - - - - - -

Sudan Yes Yes - X X X X X X X

Tanzania - - - - - - - - - -

Togo X X X X X X X X X X

Tunisia* Yes Yes - 9,745 6,261 235 720 109 - 17,070

Uganda - - - - - - - - - -

Zambia - - - - - - - - - -

Zimbabwe X X X X X X X X X X

Total number of profiles for the region 1,262,593

Key: ▲ = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular INTERPOL member country)


- = No information provided in 2016 or 2019

X = Information redacted as no authorisation provided

INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Americas (2 pages)

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INTERPOL

Member Country

DNA

Profiling

DNA

Database

Missing

Persons DNA

Database


Reference Crime Stain Missing

Persons

Relatives of

Missing

Persons

Unidentified


Anguilla (UK)▲ - - - - - - - - - -

Antigua & Barbuda - - - - - - - - - -

Argentina - - - - - - - - - -

Aruba - - - - - - - - - -

Bahamas Yes Yes No X X X X X X X

Barbados - - - - - - - - - -

Belize - - - - - - - - - -

Bermuda (UK)▲ Yes Yes No 6,565 55 - - - - 6,620

Bolivia Yes Yes No X X X X X X X

Brazil Yes Yes Yes 7,050 7,872 14 1,500 1,628 - 18,064

British Virgin Islands (UK)▲ - - - - - - - - - -

Canada Yes Yes Yes 379,732 155,346 8 56 79 15 535,236

Cayman Islands (UK)▲ - - - - - - - - - -

Chile Yes Yes Yes 76,280 2,329 0 79 45 - 78,733

Colombia X X X X X X X X X X Costa Rica Yes X X X X X X X X X

Cuba - - - - - - - - - -

Curacao - - - - - - - - - -

Dominica - - - - - - - - - -

Dominican Republic - - - - - - - - - -

Ecuador X X X X X X X X X X

El Salvador* X X X X X X X X X X

Grenada - - - - - - - - - -

Guatemala Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X

Guyana - - - - - - - - - -

Haiti X X X X X X X X X X

Honduras* Yes Yes - - - - - - - -

Jamaica - - - - - - - - - -

Mexico X X X X X X X X X X Montserrat (UK)▲ - - - - - - - - - -

Nicaragua Yes X X Yes Yes - - Yes - -

Panama* Yes Yes - 5,929 226 12 74 216 2,640 9,097

Paraguay Planned Planned No X X X X X X X

INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Americas (2 pages)

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INTERPOL

Member Country

DNA

Profiling

DNA

Database

Missing

Persons DNA

Database


Reference Crime Stain Missing

Persons

Relatives of

Missing

Persons

Unidentified


Peru - - - - - - - - - -

Puerto Rico (USA)▲ - - - - - - - - - -

Saint Kitts & Nevis - - - - - - - - - -

Saint Lucia* Yes Yes - - 1,000 - - - 200 1,200

Saint Vincent & Grenadines* No No - - - - - - - -

Sint Maarten Yes No - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -

Suriname - - - - - - - - - -

Trinidad & Tobago - - - - - - - - - -

Turks & Caicos Islands▲ - - - - - - - - - -

United States Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X Uruguay X X X X X X X X X X

Venezuela - - - - - - - - - -

Total number of profiles for the region 648,950





INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Asia (2 pages)

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INTERPOL

Member Country DNA Profiling DNA Database

Missing

Persons DNA

Database


Reference Crime

Stain

Missing

Persons

Relatives of

Missing

Persons

Unidentified

Human

Remains

Other Total

Afghanistan X X X X X X X X X X

Australia Yes Yes Planned X X X X X X X

Bahrain Yes X X 50,698 18,911 - - Yes - 69,609

Bangladesh - - - - - - - - - -

Bhutan - - - - - - - - - -

Brunei* Yes No - 193 985 - - - 49 1,227

Cambodia X X X X X X X X X X

China X X X X X X X X X X

Hong Kong (China)▲ - - - - - - - - - -

Macao (China)▲ X X X X X X X X X X

Fiji X X X X X X X X X X

India* Yes No - - - - - - - -

Indonesia X X X X X X X X X X

Iran - - - - - - - - - -

Iraq Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X

Japan Yes Yes Yes 1,165,666 36,024 1,221 5,142 5,875 - 1,213,928

Jordan Yes Yes X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -

Kazakhstan Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X

Kiribati - - - - - - - - - -

Korea (Republic of) Yes Yes X 62,589 117,259 - - - - 179,848

Kuwait Yes X X X X X X X X X

Kyrgyzstan X X X X X X X X X X

Laos* No No - - - - - - - -

Lebanon Yes Yes Yes 15,000 8,000 - - - - 23,000

Malaysia Yes Yes Planned Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - X

Maldives - - - - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands - - - - - - - - - -

Mongolia - - - - - - - - - -

Myanmar X X X X X X X X X X

Nauru - - - - - - - - - -

Nepal X X X X X X X X X X

New Zealand Yes Yes - 194,269 43,000 - - - - 237,269

Oman - - - - - - - - - -

Pakistan - - - - - - - - - -

INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Asia (2 pages)

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INTERPOL


Missing

Persons DNA

Database


Reference Crime

Stain

Missing

Persons

Relatives of

Missing

Persons

Unidentified

Human

Remains

Other Total

Palestine X X X X X X X X X X

Papua New Guinea - - - - - - - - - -

Philippines X X X X X X X X X X

Qatar Yes Yes Planned X X X X X X X

Samoa - - - - - - - - - -

Saudi Arabia* Yes Yes - - - - - - 909,745 909,745

Singapore Yes Yes X X X X X X X X

Solomon Islands X X X X X X X X X X

Sri Lanka X X X X X X X X X X

Syria X X X X X X X X X X

Tajikistan - - - - - - - - - -

Thailand - - - - - - - - - -

Timor Leste Yes X X X X X X X X X

Tonga - - - - - - - - - -

Turkmenistan* Yes No - - - - - - - -

United Arab Emirates X X X X X X X X X X

Uzbekistan X X X X X X X X X X

Vanuatu - - - - - - - - - -

Vietnam Yes Yes Planned Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -

Yemen - - - - - - - - - -






INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Europe (2 pages)

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INTERPOL


Missing Persons DNA

Database


Reference Crime Stain

Missing Persons

Relatives of Missing Persons

Unidentified Human Remains

Other Total

Albania Yes Yes X Yes Yes Yes - X - X

Andorra Yes No No 6 4 - - - - -

Armenia Yes Planned No X X X X X X X Austria Yes Yes Yes 230,359 137,848 440 - 493 14,958 384,098

Azerbaijan Yes Yes Yes 5,883 4,093 275 596 228 - 11,075

Belarus Yes Yes Yes 285,588 34,265 Yes 15,784 771 - 336,408

Belgium Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -

Bosnia & Herzegovina Yes Planned No X X X X X X X

Bulgaria Yes Yes X X X X X X X X Croatia Yes Yes X 11,340 5,292 - - 74 - 16,706

Cyprus Yes Yes Yes 35,379 15,651 14 37 12 - 51,093

Czech Republic Yes Yes X 226,615 20,179 100 683 484 5,024 253,085

Denmark Yes Yes No 130,662 54,251 Yes Yes - - 184,913

Estonia Yes Yes No 54,630 9,972 37 361 295 2,463 67,758

Finland Yes Yes Planned 180,591 12,984 - - - - 193,575

France Yes Yes Yes 3,786,342 458,074 859 323 1,784 - 4,247,382

Georgia* Yes Yes - 2,724 2,336 66 - 14 3,914 9,054

Germany Yes Yes Yes 871,416 337,428 1,652 1,182 1,476 177 1,213,331

Gibraltar (UK)▲ X X X X X X X X X X

Greece Yes Yes Yes 14,580 17,958 57 295 835 922 34,647

Hungary Yes Yes Planned 202,471 9,581 - - 144 - 212,196

Iceland Yes Yes X X X X X X X X

Ireland Yes Yes Yes 17,994 5,326 21 354 21 2,776 26,492

Israel Yes Yes Yes 460,000 30,000 47 994 339 Yes 491,380

Italy Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X

Latvia Yes Yes X X X X X X X X Liechtenstein X X X X X X X X X X

Lithuania Yes Yes X X X X X X X X

Luxembourg Yes Yes No 3,381 6,977 Yes - Yes - 10,358

Malta* Yes Yes - 31 336 0 3 31 78 479

Moldova X Planned Planned - - - - - - -

Monaco* Yes No - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -

Montenegro Yes Yes Yes 6,610 1,688 3 17 14 - 8,332

INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Europe (2 pages)

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INTERPOL


Missing Persons DNA

Database


Reference Crime Stain

Missing Persons

Relatives of Missing Persons

Unidentified Human Remains

Other Total

Netherlands* Yes Yes - 252,513 70,372 343 1,061 581 3,862 328,732

North Macedonia* Yes Yes - 20,045 7,409 - - - - 27,454

Norway Yes Yes Yes 95,525 12,169 260 787 439 - 109,180

Poland Yes Yes Yes 74,841 11,045 447 2,387 1,202 35 89,957

Portugal Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X

Romania Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X Russia Yes Yes X 598,134 113,941 - - 22,298 - 734,373

San Marino Yes No No - - Yes - - - -

Serbia Yes Yes X X X X X X X X

Slovakia Yes Yes Yes 68,584 12,511 29 724 401 13,954 96,203

Slovenia Yes Yes Yes 29,826 7,494 36 175 - - 37,531

Spain Yes Yes Yes 485,760 132,499 728 4,363 3,644 169 627,163

Sweden Yes Yes No 163,000 37,000 - - - 1,900 201,900

Switzerland Yes Yes Yes 181,769 84,139 682 1,051 776 - 268,417

Turkey Yes X X - - - - - - X

Ukraine X X X X X X X X X X United Kingdom Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -

Vatican City - - - - - - - - - -






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INTERPOL’s 194 member countries

110 countries, whose NCBs replied to the 2019 survey, are highlighted in grey.

This was combined with 20 responses from 2016, resulting in a total of 130 responses included in the report.

AFRICA

Algeria Angola

Benin

Botswana Burkina Faso

Burundi Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic Chad

Comoros

Congo Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Rep. of Congo

Djibouti Egypt*

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea Eswatini

Ethiopia

Gabon* Gambia

Ghana*

Guinea Guinea Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho Liberia

Libya

Madagascar Malawi

Mali

Mauritania Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria Rwanda

Sao Tome & Principe

Senegal Seychelles*

Sierra Leone

Somalia South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia* Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

TOTAL: 54

Total replies: 20

AMERICAS

Anguilla (UK)▲ Antigua & Barbuda

Argentina

Aruba Bahamas

Barbados Belize

Bermuda (UK)▲

Bolivia Brazil

British Virgin Islands (UK)▲

Canada Cayman Islands (UK)▲

Chile

Colombia Costa Rica

Cuba

Curacao Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador El Salvador*

Grenada

Guatemala Guyana

Haiti

Honduras* Jamaica

Mexico

Montserrat (UK)▲ Nicaragua

Panama*

Paraguay Peru

Puerto Rico (USA)▲

Saint Kitts & Nevis

Saint Lucia*

Saint Vincent & Grenadines*

Sint Maarten Suriname

Trinidad & Tobago

Turks & Caicos Islands (UK)▲ United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

TOTAL: 38

Total replies: 16

ASIA

Afghanistan Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh Bhutan

Brunei* Cambodia

China

Hong Kong (China)▲ Macao (China) ▲

Fiji

India* Indonesia

Iran

Iraq Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan Kiribati

Korea (Republic of)

Kuwait Kyrgyzstan

Laos*

Lebanon Malaysia

Maldives

Marshall Islands Mongolia

Myanmar

Nauru Nepal

New Zealand

Oman Pakistan

Palestine

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Qatar

Samoa Saudi Arabia*

Singapore

Solomon Islands Sri Lanka

Syria

Tajikistan Thailand

Timor Leste

Tonga Turkmenistan*

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Vietnam

Yemen

TOTAL: 52

Total replies: 30

EUROPE

Albania Andorra

Armenia

Austria Azerbaijan

Belarus Belgium

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bulgaria Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic Denmark

Estonia

Finland France

Georgia*

Germany Gibraltar (UK)▲

Greece

Hungary Iceland

Ireland

Israel Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta* Moldova

Monaco*

Montenegro Netherlands*

North Macedonia*

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania Russia

San Marino

Serbia Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey Ukraine

United Kingdom

Vatican City

TOTAL: 50

Total replies: 44

▲ = INTERPOL member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular

INTERPOL member country). Not included in the total count of replies at the end of each region.

* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019). Not included in the total count of

replies at the end of each region.

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