DHS Helped 765 Human Trafficking Victims in 2022, Made Thousands of Trafficking Arrests
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the second Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) Annual Report, outlining the
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Amotekun and Nigeria Border Security
By Martin Igwe, The Director Media & Advocacy, West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA Nigeria) Western Nigeria security
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More than 250 human traffickers and people smugglers behind bars after Pan American police operation
More than 250 human traffickers and people smugglers behind bars after Pan American police operation An INTERPOL operation targeting human
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Thousands of Migrants in the Horn of Africa Assisted Through the EU-IOM Joint Initiative – Five Years On
Report by the EU-IOM Joint Initiative Hundreds of thousands of migrants travel one of the busiest and riskiest migration routes
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Virtual Borders – Are they really a thing!
by Tony Kingham, Editor, Border Security Report Whilst the ‘wall or no wall’ border argument continues, developments in smart border
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European research about using Artificial Intelligence and Interoperability for Solving Challenges of OSINT and Cross-Border Investigations
By Amr el Rahwan, Police Colonel Engineer (Ret.), Global Security Expert. On the 22nd of November 2022, the European Law
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Current Border Security-Related Activities in South East Europe
By Paul Martin, Senior Police Adviser (Transnational Threats), Public Safety and Community Outreach DepartmentOSCE – Mission to Skopje With its
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Nearly half of world’s terror victims are African, with organised crime increasingly entrenched
The threat of terrorism and organised crime is becoming increasingly entrenched across Africa, the head of the UN Office on
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Next Generation Technology Implementation Essential for Future Border Security Success
Law enforcement agencies and U.S. Border Patrol (BP) have utilized traditional aviation for patrolling broad areas of land for decades.
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The Magic 8 Ball
In 1946, Albert Carter and Abe Brookman designed the ‘Syco-Slate’. In 1950, the Syco State’s functional components were used to
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Shipping Containers – That Marvel of Modern Logistics, for Good and for Bad!
In our last issue we looked at mobile port security systems. In this issue, we will take a look at
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The ICAO Digital Travel Authorization: Standardizing the electronic visa
Over the last decade, a number of States began issuing online visas, often referred to as “eVisas”. This was carried
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High-level architectures of multilateral information-sharing within the maritime domain in Europe
The complexity of security risks and threats in the maritime domain increases day by day. Irregular migration, human trafficking, drug
Read moreSelf-service kiosk live testing at Prague Airport in preparation for the EES
The Czech Republic is moving fast forward with their European Entry/Exit System (EES) implementation. Besides a comprehensive EES solution, the
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The Next Generation of Explosives Trace Detection is Here
The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has always placed a special focus on aviation security. That’s one of the reasons
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Tackling the illegal narcotics trade
By Bill Kotowski, Sales Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific The opioid crisis continues to worsen, fueled by the rise of
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Safety at Sea: Preventing Maritime Crimes on the Somali Coastline
Following a consistent reduction of pirate assaults along the coastline of Somalia, the nation is now battling to eradicate its
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What is the OSCE Self-Assessment Tool and How Can it be Used?
by Inesa Nicaolescu, Border Security Adviser, Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) For the purposes of this article,
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