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Month: August 2020

Drugs Features 

Chad’s illegal drug trade contributes to regional insecurity

31st August 202027th August 2020 Tony Kingham drug smuggling, drug trafficking, drugs

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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News Terrorism 

ICAO Secretary General addresses UN Global Counter-terrorism Compact on aviation and pandemic responses

31st August 202030th August 2020 Tony Kingham covid19, icao, pandemic, terrorsim, united nations

In her keynote address today to the UN’s fifth Principal-level Meeting of the Global Counter-terrorism Coordination Compact Entities, ICAO Secretary

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Industry News Technology 

Elbit intelligent autonomous trailer-mounted surveillance towers selected by CTTSO, CBP

31st August 202027th August 2020 Tony Kingham border surveillance, Elbit, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Enhancing situational awareness, autonomy, automation and increasing safety: These advanced technology characteristics are key for those dedicated to protecting the

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Industry News Technology 

Improving Airport Passenger Experience with Contactless Temperature Monitoring at Istanbul Grand Airport

28th August 202026th August 2020 Tony Kingham border control, border management, mobotix, pandemic, temperature detection, Temperature Monitoring, Temperature Screening

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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News Terrorism 

Repatriating Detained Foreign Fighters, Their Families Key to Combating Threat Posed by Islamic State, Counter-Terrorism Officials Warn Security Council

28th August 202026th August 2020 Tony Kingham counter terrorism, returning foreign fighters, terrorism, united nations

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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Drugs News 

US CBP Officers Intercept Hard Narcotics Worth Over $29 Million

28th August 202027th August 2020 Tony Kingham drug smuggling, drug trafficking, drugs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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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Industry News 

SITA Smart Path transforms the passenger experience at Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA)

28th August 202028th August 2020 Tony Kingham airport, airports, Beijing Capital International Airport, biometrics, contactless, sita

Biometrics and contactless technologies mean passengers can now glide through the airport in an entirely touchless experience. SITA has announced

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Human Trafficking Migration News 

Air and Marine Operations Crews Intercept Migrant Smuggling Vessel in Florida Keys

27th August 202025th August 2020 Tony Kingham migrants, migration, thb, trafficking, us coast guard

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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News Smuggling 

Masterminds running one of Germany’s largest illegal tobacco factory arrested

27th August 202026th August 2020 Tony Kingham cigarettes, europol, illicit goods, smuggling

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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Drugs Human Trafficking News 

18 arrested in crackdown on Lithuanian gang trafficking victims to Ireland and the UK to sell heroin

27th August 202027th August 2020 Tony Kingham drug smuggling, drug trafficking, drugs, humantrafficking, thb

On 26 August, law enforcement and judicial authorities have made 18 arrests during a massive coordinated operation to smash an

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Drugs 

CBP Officers Seize Cocaine and Stolen Weapon at the Peace Bridge

27th August 202027th August 2020 NeilWalker drug smuggling, drugs, smallarms

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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Industry News 

Airbus delivers first of 16 advanced law enforcement H125 helicopters to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

27th August 202025th August 2020 Tony Kingham helicopter, 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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Drugs News Smuggling 

Spare Tyre Loaded with Hard Drugs Seized at US Border Patrol Checkpoint

27th August 202026th August 2020 Tony Kingham border, border security, drug smuggling, drug trafficking, drugs

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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Drugs 

CBP Seizes 100 lbs. of Meth & Arrests 3

26th August 202026th August 2020 NeilWalker cross border crime, drug smuggling, drugs

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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Smuggling 

Colombian authorities seize counterfeit goods worth $5M

26th August 202026th August 2020 NeilWalker counterfeit, smuggling

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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Drugs News Smuggling 

Cannabis smuggling crime group jailed for 14 years

26th August 202024th August 2020 Tony Kingham cannabis, drug smuggling, drugs

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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Human Trafficking News 

Spanish National Police dismantled two organizations that allegedly trafficked irregular immigrants between Spain and France

26th August 202024th August 2020 Tony Kingham human smuggling, humantrafficking, Spanish National Police, thb

It is estimated that the organizations, based in Bilbao and Vitoria, would have facilitated the crossing into France of several

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Drugs 

Rapid growth in heroin smuggling impacts East and Southern Africa

26th August 2020 NeilWalker cross border crime, drug smuggling, drug trafficking, drugs

East and Southern Africa have become leading regions for the trade and consumption of large quantities of heroin – the

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