Borders of the future – is data sharing the answer?
Richard Gutsell, Client Director – Borders, Identity and the Digital Economy at Atkins With the impact of COVID-19 on cross
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Illegal Small-Arms Trade, Armed Violence, and Human Security at the land Border in Papua, Indonesia
By Melyana R Pugu – Border Researcher and senior Lecturer from International Relations Department of Cenderawasih University Papua Indonesia The
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Impact of Covid-19 on the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol and the Regional Integration Agenda
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) recently organized a
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Big data, migration and human mobility
IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and the European Commission Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) launched the
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UN Global Study on Firearms Trafficking: A global phenomenon
Firearms trafficking is a global phenomenon with strong variations between countries UNODC has carried out its most comprehensive collection of
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UN CTED Trends Alert Update – Extreme Right Wing Terrorism
In this Update to the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) ‘Trends Alert’ Member States concerned by the growing and increasingly
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Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, an inter-governmental body setting
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Breaking terrorism supply chains in West Africa
Last month Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire jointly conducted Operation Comoé along their borders. They captured 38 suspected terrorists, killed eight, and
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Smarter Borders – technology trends in a time of crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is an unprecedented global event that will shape our world for many years to come. The human
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The Papua-Papua New Guinea Border Amid the Spread of the Covid-19 Virus
State borders are an important part of national sovereignty in maintaining integrity. To recognize a nation state it is necessary
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COVID-19 and the drug supply chain: from production and trafficking to use
The COVID-19 crisis is taking its toll on the global economy, public health and our way of life. The virus
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Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea and the Swaims Project
Over the past fifteen years, numerous threats of all kinds have spread in the Gulf of Guinea (i.e. from the
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Joint Statement by UNHCR, IOM and UNODC on Protection at Sea in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea
Five years on from the 2015 ‘boat crisis’ in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, in which thousands of
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COVID-19 – Migration in the age of biosecurity
Sars-CoV-2 (Covid-19) is doing to travel and migration what the 2008 financial crash did to banks and the flow of
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In a globalised era, how can defence companies protect people’s ways of life?
Mark Alexander, Head of Security Solutions at Airbus Defence and Space We live in an age where technology is driving
Read moreU.S. CBP Introduces Facial Comparison Technology to Secure and Streamline International Arrivals at JFK Terminal 4
U.S. Customs and Border Protection introduced biometric facial comparison technology at John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 4 on March
Read moreCultural Heritage: A New Make-over for an Old Threat to Law Enforcement
The illicit trade of antiquities and similar cultural-heritage objects is as old as the societies that originally produced them. From the Pyramids of Giza and Egyptian tomb-robbers after their golden relics through the cemeteries of Corinth disturbed by Roman soldiers after old Greek vases for wealthy buyers back in Italy to today’s Daesh inflicting looting and destruction in Syria and beyond – the main and constant motivation behind such delinquent behaviors was, and still is, profit. #trafficking #illicitgoods #smuggling
Read moreThe Malpensa e-Gates Project
Automated Border Control (ABC) systems have been in place at airports for more than fifteen years. One of the components of an ABC system is the electronic passport gate (e-Gate), which consists of physical automated self-service barriers managed by border agencies. Malpensa e-Gates Project studies the security and usability of the e-Gates at Malpensa Airport through the perspective of the user of the e-Gates, the Italian Police (Polizia di Stato). E-Gates represent a practical security solution to an increasing flow of travellers. #bordertech #bordersecurity #egates #biometrics
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