Facial recognition tool helps Ukraine identify war criminals

Border guards used Clearview AI facial recognition software to identify over 10,000 persons complicit in Russia’s war crimes.

That’s according to the press office of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.

Chief of Clearview AI Hoan Ton-That visited Ukraine where he met with the leadership of Ukraine’s border guard agency, the press office wrote on Telegram.

The parties discussed further cooperation and the use of the company's software in the daily work of the State Border Guard Service.

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Clearview AI is a facial recognition tool that helps border guards identify persons complicit in crimes amid Russia’s war on Ukraine.

"With the help of the program, our border guards were able to identify more than 10,000 persons. These are individuals who illegally took children to the Russian Federation, Russian military personnel, accomplices, traitors, etc.," agency noted.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the police have opened a total of 71,015 criminal proceedings into the crimes committed by Russian forces and their accomplices in Ukraine.