The annual Champions League final between Real Madrid and Juve will be played in the early hours of Sunday morning Beijing time, and the match at the National Stadium in Cardiff City has attracted a lot of attention from fans all over the world.
South Wales Police say they will use facial recognition technology (AFR) to screen criminals, suspects, and scalpers. They have already arrested one suspect on Wednesday local time.
Earlier this year, police said they would be using facial recognition technology at the final stadium and Cardiff City's Central Station, but did not say that scalpers were included in their screening.
A police source said, "We are using smart systems for connectivity throughout the country and we have spoken to our colleagues in Italy and Spain, who will have a lot of fans here by then, and we will be sharing a lot of useful information."
"For example, the facial recognition system is a brand new technology that we will be using here for the first time. We have some suspects loaded into the system now, which also includes scalpers, and we will be using this technology for screening on the day of the match."
There are 66,000 tickets for the Champions League final, of which 24,500 have been distributed to sponsors. Juve and Real Madrid have been allocated 18,000 tickets each, with the rest open to **. In addition, 100,000 fans are expected to flock to Cardiff City.
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