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In 2000 a new policy concerning the publication of population genetic data was set up in Forensic Science International [1] with the introduction of a new section entitled ‘‘Announcement of population data’’. The idea was to facilitate the publication of this type of data since the use of reliable allele or haplotype frequency estimates of the polymorphisms is a requirement in most countries, both in forensic and in paternity cases. Announcements of population data consisted in short communications under a fixed format, avoiding the repetition of superfluous information (ie, materials and methods) and concentrating the message on the key information needed for the use of genetic data for forensic and population genetics. In our opinion, this type of paper completely fulfilled the aims of the editors and, even more importantly, has made an essential contribution to the dissemination of common standards all over the world …