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Please note: The algorithm descriptions in English have been automatically translated. Errors may have been introduced in this process. For the original descriptions, go to the Dutch version of the Algorithm Register.

Fast ID line

Netherlands Forensic Institute

The Rapid Identification (ID) line is a fast process set up to carry out DNA research in criminal cases. After submitting a sample of a trace to the NFI, police and prosecutors know, by default, after just three working days whether there is a match with the DNA profile of a suspect in a criminal case, or with a person in the DNA database.

Last change on 5th of December 2025, at 7:12 (CET) | Publication Standard 1.0
Publication category
High-Risk AI-system
Impact assessment
DPIA
Status
In use

General information

Theme

Public Order and Safety

Begin date

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Contact information

Als u vragen heeft over de toepassing van dit algoritme, of over algoritmen in het algemeen, neem dan contact op met het NFI via het algemeen contactformulier. Journalisten met vragen over de toepassing van dit algoritme, kunnen contact opnemen met de persvoorlichters van het NFI.

Link to publication website

https://www.forensischinstituut.nl/over-het-nfi/algoritmeregister/snelle-id-lijn

Link to source registration

https://www.forensischinstituut.nl/over-het-nfi/algoritmeregister

Responsible use

Goal and impact

Police and prosecutors receive the data and combine it with other criminal case information. The progress of criminal investigations.

Considerations

The rapid ID line process is applied in the criminal justice chain and the automation of the process speeds up the detection of offences. The process is conducive to efficient and proper criminal justice. The entire process is monitored by human intervention.

Human intervention

Although the whole process, which covers the Rapid ID line, is automated, NFI experts monitor the process. If necessary, they intervene. You can compare it to the autopilot in an aircraft. In that, the pilot/expert receives all the necessary information and thus remains ultimately responsible for the process. This is also how it works in the fast ID line. After sending the automated report to police and prosecutors, the result is also viewed and assessed by police and prosecutors. On this basis, this information can be involved in making tactical choices. For example, volatile data such as camera images and transmitter data can be requested in a more targeted way if you know earlier who you might be looking for.

Risk management

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Legal basis

Code of Criminal Procedure

Links to legal bases

Code of Criminal Procedure: https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0001903

Impact assessment

Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

Operations

Data

The data used comes from a found trace. A DNA profile is prepared from this. This profile is used to search for DNA profiles of persons in the criminal case and/or in the DNA database, in order to determine whether a corresponding DNA profile is present, and if so, whose DNA profile. If you are not involved in the criminal case in question, or your DNA material has not been taken and your DNA profile has not been included in the DNA database, then no data is known about you and therefore cannot be used.

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