EU Officially Announces Signing the Contract for Large-Scale Biometric Database to Enhance Border Security
Europe’s Entry/Exit System, a database that among others is set to replace passport stamps and enhance border security in EU, is
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Author: Tony Kingham
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has unveiled the second phase of measures to rebuild global consumer confidence to encourage the return of travelling
The latest protocols are designed to drive the return of safe travel and enable industries, namely tour operators and convention centres, meetings
Read moreAustralian Department of Home Affairs’ New Biometric System Goes Live Using Unisys Stealth(identity)™ and IDEMIA Biometrics
Unisys Corporation and IDEMIA today announced that the Australian Department of Home Affairs’ new Enterprise Biometric Identification Services (EBIS) system has gone live.
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A Record Number Of 1 346 Tonnes of Illegal Pesticides Taken Off the Market in 2020 Global Operation Silver Axe
Europol coordinated the fifth edition of operation Silver Axe which saw twice the amount of illegal products seized compared to
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3 Arrested in Hungary In €1.4 Million VAT Fraud Investigation
Last week, the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration (Nemzeti Adó és Vámhivatal) unravelled a sophisticated tax evasion scheme which
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Ultraviolet light tray disinfection for checkpoint trays at Airports
Elevated hygiene standards will be crucial as the aviation industry seeks to rebuilds passenger and staff confidence and encourage people
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Honduras Intensifies Its Fight Against International Drug Trafficking
With the inauguration of the Combined Interagency Operations Center (CCOI) and the Airspace Sovereignty Protection Law, President Juan Orlando Hernández reassured his commitment
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Kromek awarded up to $5.2m DARPA contract extension to develop device to identify pathogens in high footfall areas, such as airports and hospitals
Kromek has announced that it has been awarded an extension to its contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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EMCDDA and Europol analyse impact of pandemic on EU drug markets. New report provides window onto EU drug market changes during COVID-19
What effect is COVID-19 having on the largest criminal market in the EU? This question is explored in EU Drug
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European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex), transitions to become the first uniformed law enforcement service of the European Union
265 candidates from 21 EU Member States have accepted offers to become the first officers of the European Border and
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30 Migrants Killed by Traffickers in Libya
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) deplores the killing of 30 migrants in a shooting this week involving a trafficker
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8 Arrested for Smuggling Migrants from Bosnia And Herzegovina to the EU Via Croatia
In the early hours of 27 May 2020, some hundred officers from the Croatian Police (Hrvatska Policija) and the Bosnian
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International policing at the crossroads of health and security
Leaders of the world’s regional police organizations came together in a virtual meeting hosted by INTERPOL to address the challenges
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Frontex is looking for a shift management system to help schedule multiple shifts
Frontex is looking for a shift management system to help schedule multiple shifts for its staff who work 24 hours
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Frontex selects the first group of future members of its standing corps
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has extended job offers to candidates to become the first members of
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Four traffickers have been arrested, another 64 individuals are under investigation
The Italian Carabinieri Corps (NAS Carabinieri), supported by Europol, targeted a criminal network trafficking illegal medicines and doping substances.
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Estonia is using live streaming data from unmanned aircraft system to surveil the closed Latvian border
The 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Defense Forces supported the Police and Border Guard Board by monitoring Estonia’s southern border
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Joint WCO-IRU statement on responding to the impacts of COVID-19 on cross-border transport
Joint WCO-IRU statement on responding to the impacts of COVID-19 on cross-border transport The heads of the World Customs Organization
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