John A. J. M Riemen
Lead Specialist, Dutch Police
Manager and Custodian, National Criminal ABIS
John A. J. M Riemen
John A.J.M. Riemen is a lead specialist to the Dutch Police and is the manager and custodian of the national criminal ABIS. He oversees the Center for Biometrics as part of the National Forensic Service Centre of the National Police and is nationally responsible for Fingerprint and Face identifications. He has experience in the use of forensic fingerprint technologies, face recognition, disaster victim identification, identity management, identity fraud, and process design in the field of biometrics. John has more than 37 years of experience in law enforcement and more than 21 years in forensic science. He currently serves as a member of the IDEMIA Public Security Executive Users Board as an international user representative. He is the chosen vice-chair of the Ridgeology sub-working group of the Interpol Disaster Victim Identification Working Group.