Fichier des personnes recherchées
Fichier des personnes recherchées, or FPR, is a French database of criminals and wanted people run by the French Interior Ministry and used by the national police and other law enforcement agencies in France.
About
The FPR began as a paper filing system in 1969, and it included criminals ranging from mafia members to escaped prisoners. The file is also consulted during applications for a national identity card, a passport, a residency card of a visa.In 1995, the FPR was expanded to include missing people and abducted children.
Each file contains:
- identity of the person sought;
- physical description and photograph if available;
- reason for the search;
- instructions in case a wanted person is discovered.
Cards
The FPR system includes 21 fiches — subfiles or cards that indicate additional special circumstances, such as:- E card: wanted by immigration officials '
- IT card: banned in French territory '
- R card: residence in France forbidden '
- TE card: entry into France forbidden '
- AL card: mentally ill '
- M card: underage runaways '
- V card: escaped criminals '
- S card: threat to national security '
- PJ card: wanted by judicial police '
- T card:''' debtors to the national treasury ''''