MIGRATION
US CBP agents arrest 69 migrants inside the El Paso public storm drain system
On Jan. 31 at approximately 8:00 p.m., agents assigned to the El Paso Station were notified of a possible illegally
DRUGS
US CBP Air and Marine Operations and partners seize 1.5 tons of cocaine in Eastern Pacific
US Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations worked with partners in the Eastern Pacific to seize 1.5 tons of cocaine,
COUNTER TERRORISM
‘Force alone is not the answer’ says UN counter-terrorism chief
International cooperation is vital to confront the multi-faceted challenges resulting from terrorism, the head of the UN Office dedicated to
BIOMETRICS
IDEMIA has the most accurate algorithms in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) latest Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies (ELFT) tests
NIST ELFT is the global benchmark for latent fingerprint and palm print identification used to identify latent fingerprints and palm
CUSTOMS & TRADE
Cigarettes smuggled in by balloon
Officers from the Podlaskie Branch of the Polish Border Guard prevented the smuggling of illegal tobacco products across the Polish-Belarusian
MARITIME
US CBP AMO P-3 Locates Northbound Vessel Interdicted by Federal Law Enforcement in St. Croix with 6,305 Pounds of Cocaine
Federal and local law enforcement seized Monday 6,305 pounds (2,860 Kilograms) of cocaine and arrested four Venezuelan nationals after they
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Seventeen foreign citizens hidden in a van
At the Nădlac II Border Crossing Point, Arad county, a 34-year-old Romanian citizen presented himself for border formalities on his
ORGANISED CRIME
Major blow to Albanian drug trafficking network: 59 arrests across Europe
Italian and Albanian authorities have taken decisive action against a major drug trafficking network operating from both countries. With the
SMUGGLING
Cigarettes smuggled in by balloon
Officers from the Podlaskie Branch of the Polish Border Guard prevented the smuggling of illegal tobacco products across the Polish-Belarusian
TECHNOLOGY
TSA and DHS S&T to Prototype Self-Service Screening System at Harry Reid International Airport
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) unveiled a prototype checkpoint technology, the self-service
CONGRESS NEWS
The latest news and information from the World Border Security Congress
World Border Security Congress publish Preliminary Congress Guide
The Organising Committee are delighted to invite you to the 2024 World Border Security Congress in Istanbul, Turkey on 24th-26th
SPONSORED CONTENT
Secure identity verification in the field with secunet biomiddle mobile
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