Global DNA Profiling Survey Results

2019

Classification: Unclassified
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Summary of results................................................................................................................................................... 5
INTERPOL member countries that reported using DNA profiling in police investigations .................................... 7
INTERPOL member countries that reported having a DNA database ..................................................................... 8
INTERPOL member countries that reported having a specialized missing persons DNA database ........................ 9
Survey results: Africa ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Survey results: Americas ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Survey results: Asia ................................................................................................................................................ 14
Survey results: Europe ........................................................................................................................................... 16
INTERPOL’s 194 member countries ..................................................................................................................... 19

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 INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019

Summary of results

Every two years, INTERPOL conducts a Global DNA Profiling Survey to monitor the use of DNA
profiling and DNA databases in its member countries.

In 2019, INTERPOL’s 194 National Central Bureaus (NCBs) were asked to provide their national
DNA statistics as of the end of 2018. The full list of countries whose NCBs responded, is detailed
on page 19.

 110 (57 %) NCBs, representing their member countries, responded to the 2019 Survey.
These results were combined with the results of the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling
Survey 2016 to give a total of 130 responses, of which:

 89 reported using DNA profiling in police investigations,

 70 reported having a DNA database (a searchable repository),
 31 reported having a specialized missing persons DNA database (a searchable
repository),
 83 reported using Y-STR analysis,
 34 reported using mitochondrial DNA analysis.

NB: This report only contains the information which has been authorized by the member countries’
NCBs to be published. Consequently, this redacted report may not reflect the current situation.

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 89 INTERPOL member countries that reported using DNA profiling in police investigations
(combined results of 2016 and 2019 surveys)
REGION MEMBER COUNTRY REGION MEMBER COUNTRY
ALGERIA ALBANIA
BOTSWANA ANDORRA
BURKINA FASO ARMENIA
EGYPT* AUSTRIA
GHANA* AZERBAIJAN
AFRICA MOROCCO BELARUS
NAMIBIA BELGIUM
SEYCHELLES* BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
SOUTH AFRICA
BULGARIA
SUDAN
CROATIA
TUNISIA*
CYPRUS
TOTAL 11
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
REGION MEMBER COUNTRY ESTONIA
BAHAMAS FINLAND
BERMUDA (UK)▲ FRANCE
BOLIVIA GEORGIA*
BRAZIL GERMANY
CANADA GREECE
CHILE HUNGARY
COSTA RICA ICELAND
AMERICAS
GUATEMALA IRELAND
HONDURAS* ISRAEL
NICARAGUA EUROPE
ITALY
PANAMA* LATVIA
SAINT LUCIA* LITHUANIA
SINT MAARTEN LUXEMBOURG
UNITED STATES MALTA*
TOTAL 13 MONACO*
MONTENEGRO
REGION MEMBER COUNTRY NETHERLANDS*
AUSTRALIA NORTH MACEDONIA*
BAHRAIN NORWAY
BRUNEI* POLAND
INDIA* PORTUGAL
IRAQ ROMANIA
JAPAN RUSSIA
JORDAN SAN MARINO
KAZAKHSTAN SERBIA
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) SLOVAKIA
ASIA KUWAIT SLOVENIA
LEBANON SPAIN
MALAYSIA SWEDEN
NEW ZEALAND SWITZERLAND
QATAR TURKEY
SAUDI ARABIA* UNITED KINGDOM
SINGAPORE TOTAL 46
TIMOR LESTE
TURKMENISTAN*
VIETNAM
TOTAL 19

▲ = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular
INTERPOL member country)
* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019)

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 70 INTERPOL member countries that reported having a DNA database
(combined results of 2016 and 2019 surveys)
REGION MEMBER COUNTRY REGION MEMBER COUNTRY
ALGERIA ALBANIA
BOTSWANA AUSTRIA
EGYPT* AZERBAIJAN
AFRICA MOROCCO BELARUS
SOUTH AFRICA BELGIUM
SUDAN BULGARIA
TUNISIA* CROATIA
CYPRUS
TOTAL 7
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
REGION MEMBER COUNTRY ESTONIA
BAHAMAS FINLAND
BERMUDA (UK)▲ FRANCE
BOLIVIA GEORGIA*
BRAZIL GERMANY
CANADA GREECE
AMERICAS CHILE HUNGARY
GUATEMALA ICELAND
HONDURAS* IRELAND
PANAMA* ISRAEL
SAINT LUCIA* EUROPE
ITALY
UNITED STATES LATVIA
TOTAL 10 LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
REGION MEMBER COUNTRY MALTA*
AUSTRALIA MONTENEGRO
IRAQ NETHERLANDS*
JAPAN NORTH MACEDONIA*
JORDAN NORWAY
KAZAKHSTAN POLAND
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) PORTUGAL
ASIA LEBANON ROMANIA
MALAYSIA RUSSIA
NEW ZEALAND SERBIA
QATAR SLOVAKIA
SAUDI ARABIA* SLOVENIA
SINGAPORE SPAIN
VIETNAM SWEDEN
TOTAL 13 SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
TOTAL 40

▲ = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular
INTERPOL member country)
* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019)

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 31 INTERPOL member countries that reported having
a specialized missing persons DNA database
(included in the survey questionnaire for the first time in 2019)

REGION MEMBER COUNTRY REGION MEMBER COUNTRY

AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRIA
TOTAL 1 AZERBAIJAN
BELARUS
BELGIUM
REGION MEMBER COUNTRY CYPRUS
FRANCE
BRAZIL
GERMANY
CANADA
GREECE
AMERICAS CHILE
IRELAND
GUATEMALA
ISRAEL
UNITED STATES
EUROPE ITALY
TOTAL 5
MONTENEGRO
NORWAY
POLAND
REGION MEMBER COUNTRY PORTUGAL
IRAQ ROMANIA
JAPAN SLOVAKIA
ASIA
KAZAKHSTAN SLOVENIA
LEBANON SPAIN
TOTAL 4 SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
TOTAL 21

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 INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Africa (2 pages)

Profiling Categories
Missing
INTERPOL DNA DNA
Persons DNA Relatives of
Member Country Profiling Database Crime Missing Unidentified
Database Reference Missing Other Total
Stains Persons Human Remains
Persons
Algeria Yes Yes X X X X X X X X
Angola - - - - - - - - - -
Benin X X X X X X X X X X
Botswana Yes Yes - - - - - - - -
Burkina Faso Yes Planned Planned Yes Yes - - - - -
Burundi - - - - - - - - - -
Cameroon - - - - - - - - - -
Cape Verde - - - - - - - - - -
Central African Republic - - - - - - - - - -
Chad X X X - - - - - - -
Comoros - - - - - - - - - -
Congo - - - - - - - - - -
Côte d'Ivoire X X X - - - - - - -
Dem. Rep. of Congo - - - - - - - - - -
Djibouti - - - - - - - - - -
Egypt* Yes Yes - - - - - - 4,162 4,162
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Equatorial Guinea - - - - - - - - - -
Eritrea - - - - - - - - - -
Eswatini X X X X X X X X X X
Ethiopia X X X X X X X X X X
Gabon* No No - - - - - - - -
Gambia - - - - - - - - - -
Ghana* Yes No - 202 338 3 1 1 648 1,193
Guinea - - - - - - - - - -
Guinea Bissau - - - - - - - - - -
Kenya X X X X X X X X X X
Lesotho - - - - - - - - - -
Liberia - - - - - - - - - -
Libya X X X X X X X X X X
Madagascar - - - - - - - - - -
Malawi - - - - - - - - - -
Mali X X X X X X X X X X
Mauritania X X X X X X X X X X
Mauritius - - - - - - - - - -
 INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Africa (2 pages)

Profiling Categories
Missing
INTERPOL DNA DNA
Persons DNA Relatives of
Member Country Profiling Database Crime Missing Unidentified
Database Reference Missing Other Total
Stains Persons Human Remains
Persons
Morocco Yes Yes No X X X X X X X
Mozambique - - - - - - - - - -
Namibia Yes No No X X - - - X X
Niger - - - - - - - - - -
Nigeria - - - - - - - - - -
Rwanda X X X X X X X X X X
Sao Tome & Principe - - - - - - - - - -
Senegal - - - - - - - - - -
Seychelles* Yes Planned - - - - - - - -
Sierra Leone No No - - - - - - - -
Somalia - - - - - - - - - -
South Africa Yes Yes Yes 614,284 451,016 120,471 - - 54,397 1,240,168
South Sudan - - - - - - - - - -
Sudan Yes Yes - X X X X X X X
Tanzania - - - - - - - - - -
Togo X X X X X X X X X X
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Tunisia* Yes Yes - 9,745 6,261 235 720 109 - 17,070

Uganda - - - - - - - - - -
Zambia - - - - - - - - - -
Zimbabwe X X X X X X X X X X
Total number of profiles for the region 1,262,593

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Key: = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular INTERPOL member country)
* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019)
- = No information provided in 2016 or 2019
X = Information redacted as no authorisation provided
 INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Americas (2 pages)

Profiling Categories
Missing
INTERPOL DNA DNA
Persons DNA Relatives of
Member Country Profiling Database Missing Unidentified
Database Reference Crime Stain Missing Other Total
Persons Human Remains
Persons
Anguilla (UK)▲ - - - - - - - - - -
Antigua & Barbuda - - - - - - - - - -
Argentina - - - - - - - - - -
Aruba - - - - - - - - - -
Bahamas Yes Yes No X X X X X X X
Barbados - - - - - - - - - -
Belize - - - - - - - - - -
Bermuda (UK)▲ Yes Yes No 6,565 55 - - - - 6,620
Bolivia Yes Yes No X X X X X X X
Brazil Yes Yes Yes 7,050 7,872 14 1,500 1,628 - 18,064
British Virgin Islands (UK)▲ - - - - - - - - - -
Canada Yes Yes Yes 379,732 155,346 8 56 79 15 535,236
Cayman Islands (UK)▲ - - - - - - - - - -
Chile Yes Yes Yes 76,280 2,329 0 79 45 - 78,733
Colombia X X X X X X X X X X
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Costa Rica Yes X X X X X X X X X

Cuba - - - - - - - - - -
Curacao - - - - - - - - - -
Dominica - - - - - - - - - -
Dominican Republic - - - - - - - - - -
Ecuador X X X X X X X X X X
El Salvador* X X X X X X X X X X
Grenada - - - - - - - - - -
Guatemala Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X
Guyana - - - - - - - - - -
Haiti X X X X X X X X X X
Honduras* Yes Yes - - - - - - - -
Jamaica - - - - - - - - - -
Mexico X X X X X X X X X X
Montserrat (UK)▲ - - - - - - - - - -
Nicaragua Yes X X Yes Yes - - Yes - -
Panama* Yes Yes - 5,929 226 12 74 216 2,640 9,097
Paraguay Planned Planned No X X X X X X X
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Profiling Categories
Missing
INTERPOL DNA DNA
Persons DNA Relatives of
Member Country Profiling Database Missing Unidentified
Database Reference Crime Stain Missing Other Total
Persons Human Remains
Persons
Peru - - - - - - - - - -
Puerto Rico (USA)▲ - - - - - - - - - -
Saint Kitts & Nevis - - - - - - - - - -
Saint Lucia* Yes Yes - - 1,000 - - - 200 1,200
Saint Vincent & Grenadines* No No - - - - - - - -
Sint Maarten Yes No - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Suriname - - - - - - - - - -
Trinidad & Tobago - - - - - - - - - -
Turks & Caicos Islands▲ - - - - - - - - - -
United States Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X
Uruguay X X X X X X X X X X
Venezuela - - - - - - - - - -
Total number of profiles for the region 648,950

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Key: = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular INTERPOL member country)
* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019)
- = No information provided in 2016 or 2019
X = Information redacted as no authorisation provided
 INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Asia (2 pages)

Profiling Categories
Missing
INTERPOL Relatives of Unidentified
DNA Profiling DNA Database Persons DNA Crime Missing
Member Country Reference Missing Human Other Total
Database Stain Persons
Persons Remains
Afghanistan X X X X X X X X X X
Australia Yes Yes Planned X X X X X X X
Bahrain Yes X X 50,698 18,911 - - Yes - 69,609
Bangladesh - - - - - - - - - -
Bhutan - - - - - - - - - -
Brunei* Yes No - 193 985 - - - 49 1,227
Cambodia X X X X X X X X X X
China X X X X X X X X X X
Hong Kong (China)▲ - - - - - - - - - -
Macao (China)▲ X X X X X X X X X X
Fiji X X X X X X X X X X
India* Yes No - - - - - - - -
Indonesia X X X X X X X X X X
Iran - - - - - - - - - -
Iraq Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X
Japan Yes Yes Yes 1,165,666 36,024 1,221 5,142 5,875 - 1,213,928
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Jordan Yes Yes X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -

Kazakhstan Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X
Kiribati - - - - - - - - - -
Korea (Republic of) Yes Yes X 62,589 117,259 - - - - 179,848
Kuwait Yes X X X X X X X X X
Kyrgyzstan X X X X X X X X X X
Laos* No No - - - - - - - -
Lebanon Yes Yes Yes 15,000 8,000 - - - - 23,000
Malaysia Yes Yes Planned Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - X
Maldives - - - - - - - - - -
Marshall Islands - - - - - - - - - -
Mongolia - - - - - - - - - -
Myanmar X X X X X X X X X X
Nauru - - - - - - - - - -
Nepal X X X X X X X X X X
New Zealand Yes Yes - 194,269 43,000 - - - - 237,269
Oman - - - - - - - - - -
Pakistan - - - - - - - - - -
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Profiling Categories
Missing
INTERPOL Relatives of Unidentified
DNA Profiling DNA Database Persons DNA Crime Missing
Member Country Reference Missing Human Other Total
Database Stain Persons
Persons Remains
Palestine X X X X X X X X X X
Papua New Guinea - - - - - - - - - -
Philippines X X X X X X X X X X
Qatar Yes Yes Planned X X X X X X X
Samoa - - - - - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia* Yes Yes - - - - - - 909,745 909,745
Singapore Yes Yes X X X X X X X X
Solomon Islands X X X X X X X X X X
Sri Lanka X X X X X X X X X X
Syria X X X X X X X X X X
Tajikistan - - - - - - - - - -
Thailand - - - - - - - - - -
Timor Leste Yes X X X X X X X X X
Tonga - - - - - - - - - -
Turkmenistan* Yes No - - - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates X X X X X X X X X X
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Uzbekistan X X X X X X X X X X
Vanuatu - - - - - - - - - -
Vietnam Yes Yes Planned Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Yemen - - - - - - - - - -
Total number of profiles for the region 2,634,626

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Key: = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular INTERPOL member country)
* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019)
- = No information provided in 2016 or 2019
X = Information redacted as no authorisation provided
 INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2019 Europe (2 pages)

Missing Profiling Categories

INTERPOL
DNA Profiling DNA Database Persons DNA
Member Country Database Crime Missing Relatives of Unidentified Human
Reference Other Total
Stain Persons Missing Persons Remains
Albania Yes Yes X Yes Yes Yes - X - X
Andorra Yes No No 6 4 - - - - -
Armenia Yes Planned No X X X X X X X
Austria Yes Yes Yes 230,359 137,848 440 - 493 14,958 384,098
Azerbaijan Yes Yes Yes 5,883 4,093 275 596 228 - 11,075
Belarus Yes Yes Yes 285,588 34,265 Yes 15,784 771 - 336,408
Belgium Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Bosnia & Herzegovina Yes Planned No X X X X X X X
Bulgaria Yes Yes X X X X X X X X
Croatia Yes Yes X 11,340 5,292 - - 74 - 16,706
Cyprus Yes Yes Yes 35,379 15,651 14 37 12 - 51,093
Czech Republic Yes Yes X 226,615 20,179 100 683 484 5,024 253,085
Denmark Yes Yes No 130,662 54,251 Yes Yes - - 184,913
Estonia Yes Yes No 54,630 9,972 37 361 295 2,463 67,758
Finland Yes Yes Planned 180,591 12,984 - - - - 193,575
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France Yes Yes Yes 3,786,342 458,074 859 323 1,784 - 4,247,382
Georgia* Yes Yes - 2,724 2,336 66 - 14 3,914 9,054
Germany Yes Yes Yes 871,416 337,428 1,652 1,182 1,476 177 1,213,331
Gibraltar (UK)▲ X X X X X X X X X X
Greece Yes Yes Yes 14,580 17,958 57 295 835 922 34,647
Hungary Yes Yes Planned 202,471 9,581 - - 144 - 212,196
Iceland Yes Yes X X X X X X X X
Ireland Yes Yes Yes 17,994 5,326 21 354 21 2,776 26,492
Israel Yes Yes Yes 460,000 30,000 47 994 339 Yes 491,380
Italy Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X
Latvia Yes Yes X X X X X X X X
Liechtenstein X X X X X X X X X X
Lithuania Yes Yes X X X X X X X X
Luxembourg Yes Yes No 3,381 6,977 Yes - Yes - 10,358
Malta* Yes Yes - 31 336 0 3 31 78 479
Moldova X Planned Planned - - - - - - -
Monaco* Yes No - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Montenegro Yes Yes Yes 6,610 1,688 3 17 14 - 8,332
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Missing Profiling Categories

INTERPOL
DNA Profiling DNA Database Persons DNA
Member Country Database Crime Missing Relatives of Unidentified Human
Reference Other Total
Stain Persons Missing Persons Remains
Netherlands* Yes Yes - 252,513 70,372 343 1,061 581 3,862 328,732
North Macedonia* Yes Yes - 20,045 7,409 - - - - 27,454
Norway Yes Yes Yes 95,525 12,169 260 787 439 - 109,180
Poland Yes Yes Yes 74,841 11,045 447 2,387 1,202 35 89,957
Portugal Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X
Romania Yes Yes Yes X X X X X X X
Russia Yes Yes X 598,134 113,941 - - 22,298 - 734,373
San Marino Yes No No - - Yes - - - -
Serbia Yes Yes X X X X X X X X
Slovakia Yes Yes Yes 68,584 12,511 29 724 401 13,954 96,203
Slovenia Yes Yes Yes 29,826 7,494 36 175 - - 37,531
Spain Yes Yes Yes 485,760 132,499 728 4,363 3,644 169 627,163
Sweden Yes Yes No 163,000 37,000 - - - 1,900 201,900
Switzerland Yes Yes Yes 181,769 84,139 682 1,051 776 - 268,417
Turkey Yes X X - - - - - - X
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Ukraine X X X X X X X X X X
United Kingdom Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Vatican City - - - - - - - - - -

Total number of profiles for the region 10,273,272

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Key: = Member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular INTERPOL member country)
* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019)
- = No information provided in 2016 or 2019
X = Information redacted as no authorisation provided
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 INTERPOL’s 194 member countries
110 countries, whose NCBs replied to the 2019 survey, are highlighted in grey.
This was combined with 20 responses from 2016, resulting in a total of 130 responses included in the report.

AFRICA AMERICAS ASIA EUROPE

Algeria Anguilla (UK)▲ Afghanistan Albania
Angola Antigua & Barbuda Australia Andorra
Benin Argentina Bahrain Armenia
Botswana Aruba Bangladesh Austria
Burkina Faso Bahamas Bhutan Azerbaijan
Burundi Barbados Brunei* Belarus
Cameroon Belize Cambodia Belgium
Cape Verde Bermuda (UK)▲ China Bosnia & Herzegovina
Central African Republic Bolivia Hong Kong (China)▲ Bulgaria
Chad Brazil Macao (China) ▲ Croatia
Comoros British Virgin Islands (UK)▲ Fiji Cyprus
Congo Canada India* Czech Republic
Côte d'Ivoire Cayman Islands (UK)▲ Indonesia Denmark
Democratic Rep. of Congo Chile Iran Estonia
Djibouti Colombia Iraq Finland
Egypt* Costa Rica Japan France
Equatorial Guinea Cuba Jordan Georgia*
Eritrea Curacao Kazakhstan Germany
Eswatini Dominica Kiribati Gibraltar (UK)▲
Ethiopia Dominican Republic Korea (Republic of) Greece
Gabon* Ecuador Kuwait Hungary
Gambia El Salvador* Kyrgyzstan Iceland
Ghana* Grenada Laos* Ireland
Guinea Guatemala Lebanon Israel
Guinea Bissau Guyana Malaysia Italy
Kenya Haiti Maldives Latvia
Lesotho Honduras* Marshall Islands Liechtenstein
Liberia Jamaica Mongolia Lithuania
Libya Mexico Myanmar Luxembourg
Madagascar Montserrat (UK)▲ Nauru Malta*
Malawi Nicaragua Nepal Moldova
Mali Panama* New Zealand Monaco*
Mauritania Paraguay Oman Montenegro
Mauritius Peru Pakistan Netherlands*
Morocco Puerto Rico (USA)▲ Palestine North Macedonia*
Mozambique Saint Kitts & Nevis Papua New Guinea Norway
Namibia Saint Lucia* Philippines Poland
Niger Saint Vincent & Grenadines* Qatar Portugal
Nigeria Sint Maarten Samoa Romania
Rwanda Suriname Saudi Arabia* Russia
Sao Tome & Principe Trinidad & Tobago Singapore San Marino
Senegal Turks & Caicos Islands (UK)▲ Solomon Islands Serbia
Seychelles* United States Sri Lanka Slovakia
Sierra Leone Uruguay Syria Slovenia
Somalia Venezuela Tajikistan Spain
South Africa TOTAL: 38 Thailand Sweden
South Sudan Total replies: 16 Timor Leste Switzerland
Sudan Tonga Turkey
Tanzania Turkmenistan* Ukraine
Togo United Arab Emirates United Kingdom
Tunisia* Uzbekistan Vatican City
Uganda Vanuatu TOTAL: 50
Zambia Vietnam Total replies: 44
Zimbabwe Yemen
TOTAL: 54 TOTAL: 52
Total replies: 20 Total replies: 30

▲ = INTERPOL member country’s sub-bureau (a special administrative region with a delegated regional authority of a particular
INTERPOL member country). Not included in the total count of replies at the end of each region.
* = Based on the response to the INTERPOL Global DNA Profiling Survey 2016 (no response in 2019). Not included in the total count of
replies at the end of each region.

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