Request for Specimens of Identity Documents for Educational, Security Publication

Dear Sirs,

With this letter I would like to ask for the possibility of sharing us specimens of Estonian identity documents.  We would like to use images of documents and their security features in our publication - "Identity documents".

Please allow me to provide you with some background information about our company’s activities.

We have been dealing with the issue of counteracting fraud with the use of public documents for over 20 years. We constantly investigate and analyze the activities of counterfeiters in the field of crimes against public documents (such as identity documents, banknotes and administrative documents). Our specialists have cooperated with, among others: Police Headquarters, Central Forensic Laboratory of KGP [National Police Headquarters], Polish Security Printing Works Ltd., Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration and the major banks in the Republic of Poland. We are a member of the Polish Forensic Association.

CERTUS conducts its activities aimed at increasing the security of public documents circulation in a comprehensive way:

• We study and analyze the latest trends in securing public documents.

• We edit and publish professional multimedia publications on Polish currency, foreign currencies, identity and administrative documents.

• We create specialized e-learning courses on a wide range of topics related to fraud prevention.

• Throughout the country we conduct specialized courses on modern methods of recognizing the authenticity of public documents.

I would also like to mention that we receive specimens of Polish identity documents from the Ministry of Interior and Administration, which we prepare and include in our multimedia publication, "Identity Documents".

Given that CERTUS Public Document Research actively contributes to increasing security related to the circulation of public documents and raising citizens’ awareness regarding the assessment of document authenticity, we kindly request you to provide us with specimens of the relevant identity documents. These would be used for the detailed description of security features and photographic illustration in our publication "Identity Documents".

In this way, we would like to provide our customers with greater access to information regarding documents and their security features.

We would be grateful for your positive consideration of our request. Please let us know if any further information or formalities are required.

Thank you very much for your attention and cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

Elżbieta Czerwińska

Founder & CEO

[email protected]

www.certusbdp.pl