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Security inks for ID documents and passports

State-of-the-art security inks enabling tamper proof passport and ID document protection, easy authentication, while meeting ICAO recommendations â€‹

SICPA security inks are reserved exclusively for security applications on financial documents, such as banknotes, stocks, bonds and cheques; on identity documents such as passports, birth certificates, visas, driver’s licences; and on other security documents. They are made available only to official and recognised high-security printers.

With respect to ICAO’s recommendations and definition of authentication levels (levels 1, 2, 3), SICPA proposes a comprehensive portfolio of security inks for passports and ID cards: 

  • Overt
  • Covert
  • Forensic
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Fact & Figures
Identity fraud, in particular the counterfeiting and falsification of travel documents such as passports, represents a major threat to personal identity, international security and the sovereignty of nations
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ID documents and passports protection solutions
SICPA offers both overt and covert security solutions

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