Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia
Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
JAIF (Joint Artificial Intelligence Force): AI-assisted review of seized IT material
OperationalParliamentary recordPAI-804D63CC
- Body
- Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Country
- Germany
- Area
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Technology
- JAIF (Joint Artificial Intelligence Force): AI-assisted review of seized IT material
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- The Interior Minister's report cites section 64 of the Federal Data Protection Act and section 58 of the NRW data protection act for data protection, the Code of Criminal Procedure for prosecution and section 23(6) and (6a) of the NRW Police Act for threat prevention.
- Oversight
- The report says an AI officer and a governance structure are being set up in connection with the EU AI Act.
- Evidence
- Parliamentary record
Hansard, committee evidence, written answers - Source
- Landtag NRW, Vorlage 18/4645 (report of 8 December 2025)
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-804D63CC
Notes
In a written report to the Landtag's interior committee (Vorlage 18/4645, dated 8 December 2025, for the session of 11 December 2025), Interior Minister Herbert Reul states that the Joint Artificial Intelligence Force (JAIF), run by the Landeskriminalamt NRW, the Central Contact Point Cybercrime NRW (ZAC NRW) and the Cologne public prosecutor's office, aims to speed up the evaluation of seized IT material. Phase 1, an AI-assisted, faster check of whether items seized in child sexual abuse cases can be released, is described as complete, and JAIF 1.0 is in use at three Kreispolizeibehörden. The report names no vendor or start date. It says image and video analysis for combating child sexual abuse has been a focus of police AI use so far. Earlier, from 2019, ZAC NRW ran a research project with Microsoft Deutschland on AI classification of such material using a hybrid cloud design (NRW justice ministry, 5 August 2019); WinFuture (25 May 2021) reported that it was being moved into productive operation, but ZAC NRW described AI image assessment as a current scientific project in a statement to the Landtag of 6 November 2023, and no source read links that project to JAIF.
JAIF (Joint Artificial Intelligence Force): AI-assisted review of seized IT material elsewhere in Germany
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thüringer LandeskriminalamtGriffeye Analyze DI Pro with 'Griffeye Brain' AI for flagging child sexual abuse material | GermanyThuringia | Griffeye | — | Operational | |
| Landeskriminalamt NiedersachsenKiPo-Analyzer and Tracebook KiPo (in-house AI pre-sorting of suspected child sexual abuse material) | GermanyLower Saxony | — | 2020 | Operational | |
| Polizeipräsidium UnterfrankenGriffeye pre-filtering of image and video material in child sexual abuse cases | GermanyBavaria (Lower Franconia) | Magnet (Griffeye) | — | Trial |