Facial recognition finds a wanted woman in downtown Cuiabá

AI system

System: Vigia Mais MT video-monitoring facial recognition (Sesp-MT / Ciosp)
Model: Not assessed
Release: Not assessed
Provider: Not assessed
Role: Not assessed
Configuration: Not assessed
Inputs and outputs: Not assessed
Autonomy: Not assessed
Workflow: Public cameras in central Cuiabá feeding the Vigia Mais MT facial recognition. A warrant record for the woman in the list the system compares against. Ciosp operators able to confirm the match and follow her across cameras in real time. A Military Police team near enough to make the approach.
Human oversight: Not assessed
Relation to AI: The reports credit the facial recognition system with the identification. Cameras in central Cuiabá matched her face and the system confirmed her identity. Ciosp operators then tracked her and a Military Police team made the arrest. The sources do not name the vendor, the algorithm or any match score. They come from a single text that reads as the state's release.
AI contribution: The reports credit the facial recognition system with the identification. Cameras in central Cuiabá matched her face and the system confirmed her identity. Ciosp operators then tracked her and a Military Police team made the arrest. The sources do not name the vendor, the algorithm or any match score. They come from a single text that reads as the state's release.

Outcome identifiers: Not assessed
Benefit: Diário de Cuiabá (14 July 2025): Sesp-MT's Vigia Mais MT cameras matched a woman with a June 2024 trafficking warrant in central Cuiabá on 12 July; Ciosp tracked her live and the 1st BPM arrested her.
Category: Reduced Violence
Status: Not assessed
Beneficiary groups: Organizations. Society.
Beneficiaries: Not assessed
Reach: Not assessed
Distribution and access: Not assessed
Duration: Not assessed
Expected?: Yes
Costs and harms: Not assessed

Participants: Operator: Secretaria de Estado de Segurança Pública de Mato Grosso (Sesp-MT), through the Centro Integrado de Operações de Segurança Pública (Ciosp).
Jurisdictions: Benefit: Cuiabá, Brazil. Operator: Brazil.
Ownership and control: Not assessed
Dependencies: Not assessed
Cross-border connections: Not assessed
Geopolitical implications: Not assessed

Conditions for replication: The person passes a camera with a usable view of the face. The warrant is current in the database the system queries. Operators confirm the match before a patrol is sent.
Replication attempts: Not assessed
Later findings: Not assessed
Availability: Not assessed
Institutional decision: Not assessed
Grounds: Not assessed
Action and result: Not assessed
Success criterion: Not assessed

Assessed benefits: Organizations. Society.
Depth: Organizations: 2. Society: 1.
Reasons: Organizations: Sesp-MT's Ciosp located a woman wanted since a 19 June 2024 warrant and tracked her in real time, per the 14 July 2025 reports. It handed her to the 1st Military Police Battalion, which arrested her. A measurable result for the unit. Society: One person with an open drug-trafficking warrant was taken into custody. The reports give no evidence of any further harm prevented. So the public benefit is the execution of a warrant.
Observed or intended: Not assessed
Rubric: Not assessed
Assessor and date: Not assessed
Alternative assessments: Not assessed
Fill: Independently reported

Kind: Not assessed
Related entries: Not assessed
Field: Policing / fugitive identification. Public-space facial recognition against warrant lists.
Purpose: Vigia Mais MT is the state's video-monitoring program. Its facial recognition compares faces seen on public cameras with wanted persons so that Ciosp can direct patrols to them. Locating a person with an open warrant is that purpose.
Dates: Date basis unassessed: 2025 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.
Stage: Not assessed
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News report Independent author

Diário de Cuiabá (2025). Reconhecimento facial leva à prisão procurada por tráfico. Diário de Cuiabá, Cidades, 14 July 2025.
News report Independent author

O Documento (2025). Mulher procurada por tráfico é presa por reconhecimento facial no centro de Cuiabá. O Documento, 14 July 2025.
News report Independent author

CliqueF5 (2025). Mulher procurada por tráfico é presa, após ser reconhecida por câmeras de monitoramento. CliqueF5, Polícia, 15 July 2025.
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OECD AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor (2025). Facial Recognition AI Leads to Arrest of Fugitive in Cuiabá, Brazil. OECD.AI, 14 July 2025.