Month: November 2020

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Burlington International Airport are now using new technology that confirms the validity of a

Maritime

EFFECTOR H2020 Project: An End to end Interoperability Framework For MaritimE Situational Awareness at StrategiC and TacTical OpeRations

Industry News News Technology

An 18th month EU funded project aiming to enhance maritime surveillance, improve decisions support, and foster collaboration of maritime stakeholders

US TSA Continues rollout of credential authentication technology to improve checkpoint screening capabilities

The US Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Greater Rochester International Airport is now utilizing new state-of-the-art technology that confirms the

Maritime

Frontex calls for committee to consider questions related to sea surveillance

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri has called for the creation of an evaluation committee to consider legal questions related to

Biometrics

US CBP to Introduce Biometric Facial Comparison to Secure and Streamline Travel at Cross Border Xpress and Tecate

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today the implementation of biometric facial comparison technology at the pedestrian border crossings

Features Organised Crime

Wildlife and forestry crime: Worldwide seizures in global INTERPOL-WCO operation

A month-long police and customs cross border operation resulted in large seizures of protected wildlife and forestry specimens and products,

Drugs

Operation Rebus – Over 52 kilos of drugs seized in Italy

A river of drugs ready to invade the market squares of the capital has been intercepted on several occasions at

Human Trafficking

Federal Police discover five Afghans smuggled in back of truck

Five Afghan citizens without residence permits were discovered on the loading area of the Bulgarian truck by the German Federal

Smuggling

Tobacco Smuggling Decreases by 2-3 times through Ukraine Routes

“We are quite active in fighting the organized cross-border crime organized by criminal groups, expose schemes and ways of smuggling

Migration

Growing Humanitarian Needs Among Migrants Rescued off Mauritanian Coast

Human Trafficking Organised Crime

Around 400 migrants have been intercepted or rescued off the coast of Mauritania since mid-October. The International Organization for Migration

Common approach needed to tackle abuse via sham marriages

A broad common approach, involving administrations such as civil registries and consulates, is instrumental to tackling the fraud and abuse

Organised Crime

OSCE and UNODC train participants from Kazakhstan on the use of targeted financial sanctions to disrupt terrorist networks

Strengthening the capacity of government officials from Kazakhstan to counter terrorism financing was the aim of an online training course.

Drugs

Mail contractor charged over alleged importation of 3kg ‘ice’