Criminal DNA Database
FSIN began collecting samples for the DNA database
This database is designed to help solve crimes, as well as monitor the fate of those released from custody and prevent identity forgery.
First, DNA tags will be taken from those prisoners who have committed serious and especially serious crimes. As of April 1, 2013, 85% of such prisoners are held in prisons and pre-trial detention centers. The FSIN will spend more than 84 million rubles to collect tags, including the purchase of special kits – plastic bags with disinfectant-soaked wipes, a pair of sterile gloves, a blood sampling device and a carrier card for storing and transporting the sample taken.
To create a unified genetic database, the Federal Penitentiary Service will purchase 189.5 thousand such kits, in addition to those that were purchased last year. The cost of one set is about 450 rubles. As of May 1, 2013, 693.4 thousand people are being held in institutions of the Russian penal system. It is assumed that 589 thousand people will take blood for DNA analysis.
According to official statistics, every year about 300 thousand previously convicted persons are released from prison, among which the highest rate of recidivism is noted. A single genetic database should help track the fate of these people in order to prevent relapses. In addition, DNA analysis will help prevent the escapes of those prisoners who impersonate others. In particular, this practice is common among citizens of Uzbekistan.
The head of the Department of expertise of biological objects of the Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anna Rybakova explained that this is their common project with the FSIN. "The FSIN will collect blood samples from colonies and send them to our units across the country, where experts will extract genetic information from them... By checking the "gene trace" from the crime scene with the DNA stored in the database, we will know for sure whether this person has committed crimes before," she said.
Our Ministry of Internal Affairs started creating a unified genetic database back in 2009, when the law "On State Genomic Registration" was adopted. But then only DNA from the crime scene got into the database.
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