Why is this site here?
To facilitate easier sharing of finger or palm prints from very serious cases. It is sponsored by the AFIS Committee of the International Association for Identification.

What prints are here?
Primarily impressions from murders, kidnappings, bombings, etc. Agencies are requested to post only unidentified impressions from their most serious offenses. Agencies are not required to give ANY offense details for submitted impressions. Inked print or live scan impressions from persons an agency desires to identify may be posted here. 

Who can post here?
Any law enforcement agency worldwide can e-mail latent or inked (or live scan) finger or palm prints they desire searched in all possible (worldwide) AFIS systems. 

What if I identify an impression from this site.
E-mail identswanted@onin.com relating only which impression you identified (do not e-mail the identity ). Your contact information will be forwarded to the agency which posted the impression at this site and they will contact you directly. E-mail from your official agency e-mail account when possible or try calling the webmaster at (404)469-7011. If you are in America or Canada, you may use an FBI LEO account as an alternative to your official agency account. DO NOT APPREHEND OR APPROACH any person identified from impressions at this web site unless you first contact the agency posting the impression AND verify you have lawful authority for such action. Many of the impressions posted here are from decades old offenses so timely notification is usually not an issue. Also, latent prints from serious crimes may have an innocuous origin and the person identified may not be involved. 

Why are no details posted?
Offense location, date and other information could reveal that identifiable impressions from a specific offense exist. Such a revelation may be detrimental to the investigation. Also, such information could encourage unnecessary voyuers (wasting bandwidth) at this site. Generic notes such as "light ridge color" or "right thumb from inked FP card" may be posted as appropriate. 

What about palmprints or fragmentary impressions?
Palmprints or fragmentary impressions may be posted for search by agencies with such capabilities. 

How long will prints be posted here?
It is anticipated that impressions will be posted here for 30 days, then retired to online archives. When identified, a notice and list of impressions identified (by control number) will be posted at this site to enable you to delete any impressions you may have registered in your system. 

How do I submit impressions?
E-mail only one impression per message as 1000 or 500 ppi bitmap (bmp) files from your official government e-mail account to identswanted@onin.com. If you are in America or Canada, you may use an FBI LEO account as an alternative to your official agency account. Furnish your name, phone number, agency name, agency street address and the local reference number for the impression (which is not required to be the real case number for the investigation). Your local reference number will not be used on this web site. 

Ground Rules for Submissions
Any impressions submitted should have already been searched against all available finger or palm databases to which the agency has access. Any impressions submitted should have already been manually compared against all known suspect, witness (roommate, etc.), investigator and victim impressions. The one best quality (clarity) and quantity of ridge detail impression should be submitted from an investigation. Only one impression per agency will typically be posted among the ten current impressions on this web site.