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In the [[2000 Mexican presidential election]], the Mexican government employed face recognition software to prevent [[voter fraud]]. Some individuals had been registering to vote under several different names, in an attempt to place multiple votes. By comparing new face images to those already in the voter database, authorities were able to reduce duplicate registrations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mexican+Government+Adopts+FaceIt+Face+Recognition+Technology+to...-a062019954|title=Mexican Government Adopts FaceIt Face Recognition Technology to Eliminate Duplicate Voter Registrations in Upcoming Presidential Election|date=May 11, 2000|access-date=June 2, 2008|publisher=Business Wire|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305151832/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mexican+Government+Adopts+FaceIt+Face+Recognition+Technology+to...-a062019954}}</ref>
 
In Colombia public transport busses are fitted with a facial recognition system by [https://www.facefirst.com/ FaceFirst Inc] to identify passengers that are sought by the [[National Police of Colombia]]. FaceFirst Inc also built the facial recognition system for [[Tocumen International Airport]] in Panama. The face recognition system is deployed to identify individuals among the travelerstravellers that are sought by the [[Panamanian National Police]] or [[Interpol]].<ref name="Cambridge University Press">{{Cite book|title=The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Privacy|last1=Selinger|first1=Evan| last2= Polonetsky| first2= Jules | last3= Tene| first3=Omer|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2018|isbn=9781316859278|pages=112}}</ref> Tocumen International Airport operates an airport-wide surveillance system using hundreds of live face recognition cameras to identify wanted individuals passing through the airport. The face recognition system was initially installed as part of a US$11&nbsp;million contract and included a [[computer cluster]] of sixty computers, a [[fiber-optic cable]] network for the airport buildings, as well as the installation of 150 surveillance cameras in the [[airport terminal]] and at about 30 [[airport gate]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ihsairport360.com/article/4812/panama-puts-names-to-more-faces|title=Panama puts names to more faces|last=Vogel|first=Ben|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012185226/http://www.ihsairport360.com/article/4812/panama-puts-names-to-more-faces|archive-date=October 12, 2014|url-status=live|publisher=IHS Jane's Airport Review}}</ref>
 
At the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] in Brazil the [[Federal Police of Brazil]] used face recognition [[goggles]]. Face recognition systems "made in China" were also deployed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio de Janeiro.<ref name="Cambridge University Press"/> [[Nuctech Company]] provided 145 insepctioninspection terminals for [[Maracanã Stadium]] and 55 terminals for the [[Deodoro Olympic Park]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.www.gov.cn/news/photos/2016/08/15/content_281475417902847.htm|title='Made-in-China' products shine at Rio Olympics |access-date=November 14, 2020|date=August 15, 2016|publisher=The State Council, The people's Republic of China}}</ref>
 
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