Chad’s illegal drug trade contributes to regional insecurity
Curbing tramadol and other trafficking networks requires transnational cooperation On 24 July, a court in Chad sentenced 10 people including high-ranking security
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Month: August 2020
ICAO Secretary General addresses UN Global Counter-terrorism Compact on aviation and pandemic responses
In her keynote address today to the UN’s fifth Principal-level Meeting of the Global Counter-terrorism Coordination Compact Entities, ICAO Secretary
Read moreElbit intelligent autonomous trailer-mounted surveillance towers selected by CTTSO, CBP
Enhancing situational awareness, autonomy, automation and increasing safety: These advanced technology characteristics are key for those dedicated to protecting the
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Improving Airport Passenger Experience with Contactless Temperature Monitoring at Istanbul Grand Airport
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, it impacted the aviation industry particularly severely. Airports were seen as places that
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Repatriating Detained Foreign Fighters, Their Families Key to Combating Threat Posed by Islamic State, Counter-Terrorism Officials Warn Security Council
Gauging the global threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, counter-terrorism officials
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US CBP Officers Intercept Hard Narcotics Worth Over $29 Million
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted shipments containing methamphetamine with an estimated street
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SITA Smart Path transforms the passenger experience at Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA)
Biometrics and contactless technologies mean passengers can now glide through the airport in an entirely touchless experience. SITA has announced
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Air and Marine Operations Crews Intercept Migrant Smuggling Vessel in Florida Keys
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents, along with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and Monroe
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Masterminds running one of Germany’s largest illegal tobacco factory arrested
12 individuals who ran one of Germany’s largest illegal tobacco factory have been arrested in the German city of Kranenburg
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18 arrested in crackdown on Lithuanian gang trafficking victims to Ireland and the UK to sell heroin
On 26 August, law enforcement and judicial authorities have made 18 arrests during a massive coordinated operation to smash an
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CBP Officers Seize Cocaine and Stolen Weapon at the Peace Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Peace Bridge seized approximately 11.2 grams of cocaine and a loaded
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Airbus delivers first of 16 advanced law enforcement H125 helicopters to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Airbus Helicopters, Inc. (AHI) has delivered the first of 16 new H125 helicopters uniquely configured for U.S. Customs and Border
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Spare Tyre Loaded with Hard Drugs Seized at US Border Patrol Checkpoint
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Phoenix man after finding a variety of drugs inside his vehicle’s spare tyre outside
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CBP Seizes 100 lbs. of Meth & Arrests 3
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested three men and seized 100 pounds of suspected methamphetamine near the village of Vaya Chin,
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Colombian authorities seize counterfeit goods worth $5M
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-Cartagena reports the seizure of nearly 82,000 counterfeit items including Apple Air Pods, M·A·C cosmetics, Kipling bags
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Cannabis smuggling crime group jailed for 14 years
Four Manchester men involved in an £800,000 cannabis trafficking operation have been sentenced to a combined 13 years and nine
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Spanish National Police dismantled two organizations that allegedly trafficked irregular immigrants between Spain and France
It is estimated that the organizations, based in Bilbao and Vitoria, would have facilitated the crossing into France of several
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Rapid growth in heroin smuggling impacts East and Southern Africa
East and Southern Africa have become leading regions for the trade and consumption of large quantities of heroin – the
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