2018 World Cup: Surveillance centres set up to monitor teams

A surveillance centre at Kaliningra in Russia, monitoring teams are keeping a close eye on the city.  

Sitting at their computers, staff are studying CCTV images from more than 700 security cameras. 

Another 1,200 cameras have been installed at Kaliningrad Stadium, where England play Belgium on June 28. 

With the latest face-recognition technology, individuals are checked automatically in a Police database within seconds of being caught on camera. 

Similar security systems are in operation in the other World Cup host cities. 

This system is to help locate suspicious individuals in terms of anti-terrorism. But security cameras are just the first line of defence. 

Local security forces in Kaliningrad, have also been training to react to a possible terrorist attack during the World Cup.

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