Fingerprint detection on counterfeit US$ banknotes: The importance of preliminary paper examination

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1015-1017

  Azoury, Myriam ^a   Cohen, Drorit ^a   Himberg, Kimmo ^b   Qvintus Leino, Pia ^b   Saari, Terhi ^c   Almog, Joseph ^d  

^a Div of Identification/Forensic Sci   (Israel)

^b National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amino acid reagents; Counterfeited banknotes; Cyanoacrylate fuming; DFO; Forensic science; Latent fingerprints; Ninhydrin; Paper chemistry; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYANOACRYLATE; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS TESTING; MONEY; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444231629     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003424     Document Type: Article

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