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qo help cope with the operations of international confidence men, ewindlers ‘and gongsters. - ot oe ae a er ao the Internation) ssscoiat on of Chiefs of Police. | Binge its eatablishment in 2924, the Ideatifieation it of tae Division of Invest ign tion has had a phonamene) erorth. ‘During te ° . fiscal year of 1955 shone, 1¢ received 645,808 erininal fingerasiat cards s . e-: . ia addition to applicant anf sivil records, Ee as ; a aes — Pabrweny | ° # 114 aos ° On January-2, lost, there ware 4,080,376 f fingerprint resorts | ea tue, representing the largest and moat comple te eollestion of erintnal ” fingerprint records of eurrest value existing anywnere | te the world. mu” Tos Unit now receives eriminel identification data fron $1604. sontribatore ia the United States end foreign comtries, “and receives more then ‘e200 i fingerprint eards each day, replying to each of these cards within 36 hours. . ve The sodjests of over sed" f al the priate Feesived are Mentifie’ 8 s as having prior eriminal records. By means of posting notices of wanted - : : persons in this Unit, the Division eat present identifies more than S66 foo... : fugitives each month, inmediately motifying the proper officials a0 thet ° these fugitives may be taken into eustody. This eatire service 1s eutuet free of cost and is maintained solely for the eonvenience end use of regularly constituted las-enforcenent offietals and agencies. These data are mot made ae available for private purpoeen. At the PF esent tine, the Identification 7 SS : Bnit of the Division exshanges fingerprint recoris with 35 foreign countries itives Wented b Pol ioe" Pulletins a . . dee ivy an aid to lev eaforcencnt agencies is their war “wpon crime - end eriminals, the Division published a “Fugitives Wanted by Police" Bulletin monthly, in which are listed the names, aliases, descriptions, and fingerprint classifications of wanted fugitives, together with the