German Federal Police Test New Biometric Border Control

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 16: A woman holds up passport during the presentation of the new automated border control system easyPass at Frankfurt International Airport on October 16, 2009 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. EasyPass system automatically scans the biometric data of a passenger and compares it to the data in the passenger's e-passport, which has to be put into a document reader at the border control. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)