The worlds biggest DNA database just got a lot bigger!
Concerned of Halton Moor | 10.10.2008 10:29
More than 722,000 samples were added to the National DNA Database last year - a record increase for one year. The database has samples from some 4m people and is the world's largest per head of population.
A report published by the National Policing Improvement Agency states that DNA "makes a very small contribution" to the total number of crimes detected, and that DNA data is held on 39000 under-18s who have been convicted of no crime. Well, some of them might be terrorists. You can't be too careful it seems.
More here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7662683.stm
More here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7662683.stm
Concerned of Halton Moor