The Australian Government’s Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF), led by the Australian Border Force (ABF) has detected more than one million cigarettes in an air cargo shipment from Korea declared as ‘mini massagers’. #bordersecurity #smuggling
Read moreAeroVironment, a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), received a $5,254,912 firm fixed-price contract award for Puma™ 3 AE systems and support equipment on August 8, 2019 for the U.S. Border Patrol, part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Delivery is anticipated by January 2020.
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Human Smuggling Network Busted: EUROPOL supports action days in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia Hertgovina #bordersecurity #humantrafficking #bsr
Read moreUkrainian customs officers have revealed more than two tonnes of smuggled foodstuffs in a regular bus at the Shehyni-Medyka checkpoint in Ukraine’s Lviv region on the border with Poland.
Read moreThe authorities should consider building fencing and install closed-circuit television (CCTV) along the Malaysian-Thailand border at Kelantan to discourage illegal cross-border activities. #bordersecurity #bsr #wbsc
Read moreOn Oct. 16, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a partnership with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Airport System (HAS) Director Mario Diaz, forging an outreach campaign to combat human trafficking through Blue Lightning Initiative (BLI) program. #humantrafficking #bordersecurity #bordersecurityreport #worldbordersec
Read morehad Wolf, the Senior Official Preforming the Duties of the Under Secretary of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (SOPDUS), participated in the second United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens, Greece on October 7, 2019.
Read moreIOM reports that 79,350 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 17 October, roughly a 13 per cent decrease from the 91,094 arriving during the same period last year.
Arrivals this year to Greece and Spain are at 43,020 and 19,637 respectively, (62,657 combined) accounting for almost 80 per cent of the regional total, with the balance arriving in much smaller numbers to Italy, Malta and Cyprus. Arrivals to Greece are running approximately 70 per cent ahead of 2018’s totals from this time. Arrivals to Spain are more than 50 per cent lower. #migration
A new report issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism (CCT) provides a comprehensive look at the state of implementation of a key UN Security Council Resolution on addressing the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters returning or relocating from conflict zones. #bordersecurity #counterterrorism
Read moreU.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility discovered $1,800,000 worth of methamphetamine in a commercial truck arriving from Mexico. #bordersecurity
Read moreBosnia and Herzegovina’s Border Police Director Zoran Galic warned that members of this police agency would not be able to solve the problem of migrants at the border without the support of institutions of BiH.
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The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has sought a modern “anti-drone system” that could detect and destroy a lone or swarm of suspicious aerial platforms in the operations area, in the wake of recent spurt of UAVs being spotted across the India-Pakistan international border. #bordertech #bordersecurity #wbsc #bsr
Read moreGermany provides specialized Equipment to BiH Border Police #bordersecurity #bordertech #wbsc
Read moreAustralia’s new Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) has detected and seized more than 262 tonnes of illicit tobacco, with an estimated excise value of more than $270 million, since it was established in July 2018.
Read moreThe EU Commission seeks to have the Schengen Agreement enforced more consistently in the future. The responsible EU Interior Commissioner
Read moreAustralian and Indonesian maritime security and fisheries management agencies have completed Operation GANNET, a week-long joint patrol of the Timor Sea targeting illegal fishing and the movement of illicit goods.
Read moreSynthetik Applied Technologies has announced back in August the award of a contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Read moreThe Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Peschorn says Austria will extend internal Schengen border controls with Hungary and Slovenia, due to
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