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015 may well be remembered as the year of the “unauthorized and unwelcome migrant” worldwide. According to a recent MSN article Mr. Cameron the UK Prime Minister did not wish to “point fingers” and say who/what is to blame. Who is to blame? Lets start with well known organized crime syndicates that make millions from trafficking and smuggling of humans beings. Why are they successful? Because the take advantage of over two decades of dysfunctional migration/refugee policies at national and regional levels created by naive political leaders and economic models based on cheap labour. What is the impact on civil societies in target, transit and source countries? This activity is akin to social cancers metastasizing within civil societies that in turn are rapidly becoming phobic about migrants of any kind. Europe and indeed all countries that once welcomed organized and positive migration are having second thoughts. How can this global crisis be challenged effectively? States must strive to have senior leadership with courage, vision and resilience to bring about realistic and holistic border security, traveler/migration management policies and programs. How does BORDERPOL help? We strive to bring together the senior leadership of the global border security traveler and migration management community on a regular basis for the purpose of finding sustainable border security solutions. This is an exceedingly difficult process to promote and manage for a small organization such as ours and the following underscores that challenge. Recently there was a discourse between the head of a national border agency and a senior member of BORDERPOL’s management team. The core of the discussion centered around the benefits of belonging to
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The 4th World BORDERPOL Congress Update The European Border: What Next?
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Cybercriminals Beware: CYBEROL has arrived 13 Refugees an asset to state farms 14 Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Combating Smuggling
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Industry News
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Product Update
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a professional organization such as BORDERPOL. In the opinion of the unnamed border official anything found to be beneficial through membership in BORDERPOL could be met by simply making a telephone call to a peer in another country. There are incontrovertible benefits in joining any recognized group professionals. That includes border security, traveler migration management professionals. The first benefit is is the easiest to prove. By joining, you have the choice of meeting or interacting with many more like minded people than if you did not. By belonging to a group like BORDERPOL a progressive border management professional increases his or her odds that they’ll learn something they may need to know someday. Regrettably, we know from years of experience that these are valuable assets not acquired through unsolicited telephone calls to peers.
SAVE THE DATES 4th World BORDERPOL Congress 8th-10th December 2015 The Hague, Netherlands www.world-borderpol-congress.com
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BORDERPOL Forthcoming Events and Workshops Save the Dates
security Organised by the BORDERPOL European Secretariat, under the Patronage of Lt. Gen. Károly Papp, Chief Commissioner of the National Police of Hungary and hosted by Brig. Gen. Gábor Kovács, Ph.D., Vice Rector of the National University of Public Service. The objective of the event will be to assess the impact of crises on the border security, migration, international organised crime, and the terror threat with the focus of three crises regions of Kosovo, Ukraine and countries involved in the so-called “Arab Spring”. For further details contact zoltan.szabo@borderpol.org or neil. walker@borderpol.org. ____________________________________________________________________
BORDERPOLs mission is to support and engage governments
and international organizations who actively promote the facilitation of safe and secure legitimate international travel of people across air, land and sea borders while curtailing terrorist travel, criminal abuse of border vulnerabilities, and human and sex trafficking. We are delighted to be able to update you with our latest events and workshops for your diary and look forward to your participation. ____________________________________________________________________
9-11 September 2015 Washington DC, USA Curtailing Terrorist Travel: Threats and Solutions Perhaps the greatest threat to better borders is terrorist travel. Why? Terrorist travel is perhaps the most difficult type of unwanted travel to deter, know about and prevent. Organised by the BORDERPOL Americas Directorate, and supported by the Secure Identity & Biometrics Association, with a leading line up of speakers who have dedicated their careers to addressing terrorist travel threats. This BORDERPOL meeting will look closely at these issues with border government representatives from around the world, the private sector and major international organizations long committed and providing high value knowledge and solutions to these complex issues. For further details visit www.borderpolamericas.com, or contact janice.kephart@borderpol.org or neil.walker@borderpol.org. ____________________________________________________________________
6-7 October 2015 Budapest, Hungary The impact of the crises on the security and the border
8-10 December 2015 The Hague, Netherlands 4th World BORDERPOL Congress Enhancing collaboration in global border protection and management challenges Supported by the Municipality of The Hague, The Hague Security Delta, National Security & Resilience Consortium, CYBERPOL and ECIPS. The World BORDERPOL Congress is the annual gathering of international border agencies and agencies at the border, and the only multi-jurisdictional transnational platform where the border protection, management and security industry policymakers and practitioners convene annually to discuss the international challenges faced in protecting not only one’s own country’s borders, but those of neighbours and friends. The World BORDERPOL Congress is a high level, 3 day event providing you with the opportunity to reach the senior decision makers in the border protection and management industry. For further details visit www.world-borderpol-congress.com, or contact neil.walker@borderpol.org. ____________________________________________________________________
EU migrant arrivals pass record 100,000 in July Nearly 110,000 migrants were tracked entering the EU in July by irregular means, official data showed, setting a record as the influx continues, notably of Syrians reaching Greek islands from Turkey. The European Union’s border control agency Frontex said that it had detected some 107,500 people arriving outside regular channels in July, a sharp increase on the previous record set in June of over 70,000, and more than three times as many as it registered in the same month last year. The most active frontiers were those of the Greek islands in the Aegean off Turkey, where nearly 50,000 people were recorded
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arriving by sea, mainly on Lesbos, Chios, Samos and Kos. Nearly 340,000 such migrants were seen so far this year arriving in the EU, mainly in Italy, Greece and Hungary. That was a 175 percent rise on the same period last year and much more than the 280,000 registered arrivals in all of 2014. Other EU data shows 625,920 people claimed asylum in the bloc last year. Frontex officials were not immediately available to comment on how far the increase in numbers being detected may be a result of increased monitoring of the frontiers. In Germany alone, which recorded 203,000 claims last year, officials expect to register some 750,000 refugees this year. “Syrians and Afghans accounted for a lion’s share of the record number of migrants entering the EU illegally,” Frontex said in a statement. “Most of them, fleeing instability in their home countries, initially entered Greece from Turkey.” Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said: “This is an emergency situation for Europe that requires all EU member states to step in to support the national authorities who are taking on a massive number of migrants at its borders.” Italy detected more than 20,000 migrants last month, bringing the total number to 90,000 so far in 2015, most coming by sea from Libya. Some 90 percent of those are Africans, mainly from Eritrea and Nigeria. Hungary reported detecting more than 34,800 people in July crossing its borders from non-EU states, notably via Serbia, on the frontier with which Budapest has begun building a fence. Hungary will soon send thousands of policemen to its southern border to help secure it, a top government official said on Tuesday. [Source: Reuters]
• direct access to the vehicles used for training to hoist equipment or training aids into the training rooms from the warehouse below • potential to deliver search training for vehicles other than trailers The training, which is world class and totally unique, focuses on the detection of concealments and irregularities in heavy goods vehicles, freight consignments and cargo that could be used to smuggle drugs, illegal goods, weapons and illegal migrants. The unit is operated by a cadre of highly experienced operational trainers, offering a wide range of anti-smuggling courses to students using both classroom and practical sessions. There are 40 seized commercial vehicles on the site of all types which are refreshed in line with current trends. All have different concealments, some extremely ingenious and sophisticated which have been constructed for and by organised criminal gangs. For more information please contact Barbara Wilson, Assistant Director, Border Force at Barbara.wilson@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Or BorderForceFreightSearchTraining@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk.
Border Force Proud to Announce New Centre of Excellence for the Search of Freight
In February 2016 Border Force will be opening its new Centre
of Excellence for the Search of Freight Vehicles and Containers. This state of the art training unit will be at Dover, 15 minutes from the busiest sea port in the UK and the main route for HGVs from mainland Europe. The new facility will comprise: • bespoke training rooms • access to loading bays • covered training area
UK and France to sign Calais security deal Deal contains measures to tackle human traffickers and commitments to boost humanitarian support for vulnerable migrants.
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British and French ministers are to meet in Calais to sign an agreement aimed at alleviating the disturbances involving migrants at the French port.
German police union urges border checks to stem refugee flow
The French interior ministry said the UK home secretary, Theresa May, would travel to Calais to sign the agreement with her French counterpart, Bernard Cazeneuve. The pair will tour the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles before Cazeneuve travels to Berlin to meet the German interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, for talks on Europe’s migration policies. The proposed deal will focus on improving security at the port, where thousands of migrants have attempted to stow away on vehicles waiting to cross the Channel or on trains passing through the Channel tunnel. It will contain measures to deal with human traffickers who facilitate migrants’ journeys, and commitments to boost humanitarian support for the most vulnerable. At least nine people are known to have died trying to make the journey into Britain since June, and at the height of the crisis in late July an estimated 2,000 attempts to break into the port terminal were said to have been made on two successive nights. Britain has pledged £22m so far towards improving security at Calais. Previous talks involving David Cameron and the French president, François Hollande, led to a string of measures to improve security, including extra fencing, more search teams, additional CCTV cameras, infrared detectors and floodlights. These are considered to have had a significant effect, with sources revealing last week that the number of migrant attempts had fallen to between 100 and 200 a night. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s programme, he said: “What we can’t do is allow people to break into our country. A lot of people coming to Europe are coming in search of a better life. They are economic migrants and they want to enter Britain illegally, and the British people and I want to make sure our borders are secure and you can’t break into Britain without permission.” The EU border agency Frontex reported a record high of 107,500 migrants at the European Union’s borders last month. Germany, as Europe’s biggest economy, has become the top destination for refugees, with government sources claiming that the number of people seeking asylum in the country could surge to 750,000 this year. [Source: The Guardian]
Germany’s police union on Tuesday called for the reintroduction of internal European border controls and demanded more personnel to deal with a record flood of refugees. “From a policing point of view, a return to border controls would be the best of all measures,” said Rainer Wendt, chairman of the German Police Union, in a newspaper interview. In EU talks on the wider refugee crisis, “Germany should not take the threat of bringing back (border) controls off the table too readily,” Wendt told the Passauer Neue Presse. Europe has abolished passport controls within the so-called Schengen zone, which incorporates 22 EU members as well as Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. However, police have stepped up spot-checks of travellers on inter-European trains, highways and flights. Germany, the most populous EU nation, has struggled to process and accommodate a record wave of asylum-seekers fleeing war and poverty that is expected to top 500,000 this year. The police union, which wants an extra 1,000 personnel, on Tuesday showed Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere what it called the “catastrophic conditions” for overworked police near the German-Austrian border.
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The minister during his visit pledged to send an additional 100 federal police to the southern state of Bavaria to help with the registration of migrants. De Maiziere stressed that, while refugees who are in need of protection could seek safe haven in Germany, “those who don’t need protection should quickly leave the country”. While the top country of origin for refugees to Germany so far this year has been war-torn Syria, about half have come from Balkans countries Kosovo, Albania and Serbia, whose nationals have little chance of being granted political asylum in Germany. Wendt said that bringing back passport checks -- as Germany did temporarily while hosting a G7 summit in June -- would allow refugees to be sent back immediately to the country in which they entered the Schengen zone, where they should technically lodge their asylum request.
Turkish police detain 4 suspects, seize drone and weapons en route to ISIS Police conducted an operation against ISIS-linked organizations and individuals in Gaziantep detaining four suspects. An automobile with four people, including three foreign citizens, was stopped by a police search in the city center as part of the investigations carried out into individuals who provide logistical support to ISIS. According to a written statement from the Gaziantep Governorate, following the officers’ search, a quantity of military equipment, including a drone and several
camouflage uniforms, was confiscated. After being referred to a local court by the Gaziantep Police Department, all four ISIS-linked suspects were jailed, pending trial. As Turkey carries out airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria and PKK positions in northern Iraq, causing a remarkable loss for the terrorist organizations, hundreds of people with suspected links to ISIS terrorists have been arrested. As ISIS poses a threat to the security of the country, Turkey continues to take measures against the terrorist group and foreign fighters who seek to join the organization. At the most recent National Security Council (MGK) meeting, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu declared that additional security measures were discussed and they will work toward their implementation. Turkey has been doing its part to identify and deliver potential foreign fighters seeking to cross the border to Syria to join ISIS, despite little cooperation in intelligence sharing from its Western allies. As part of Turkey’s efforts, the police force has tightened security at transfer points such as airports, terminals, bus stations and rental car companies with a special risk analysis system, and a team has been tasked with tracking suspicious foreigners who travel to Turkey for the first time and those who are minors who do not have hotel reservations. Sources at the Prime Ministry released statistical data regarding the fight against ISIS. Since the official declaration on Oct.10, 2013, which defined ISIS as a terrorist organization, Prime Ministry sources indicated that 1,350 people have been deported and 13,500 people from 98 countries have been
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barred from entering Turkey. It said that 18 percent of the 13,500 people who were barred from entry originated from Europe and North America and 56 percent originated from North Africa and the Middle East. On the subject of Turkish participants joining ISIS, sources asserted that 800 to 900 Turkish nationals had joined of the estimated total 25,000 ISIS fighters. Regarding accusations that Turkey’s border security is inadequate, the sources said that Turkey shares a 1,300 kilometer border with Iraq and Syria, which is a challenge to control. Nevertheless, sources say that the Turkish Land Forces Command patrols the land border 24 hours a day with drones and reconnaissance aircraft. It has also installed lights on a 270-kilometer stretch of the Syrian border, renewed a 1,210 kilometer patrol route, is digging 363 kilometers of trenches and building 90 kilometers of wire fences, 68 kilometers of embankments and seven kilometers of concrete walls. The sources said that more than 48,000 border crossings were intercepted and 175,000 people were caught since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
Prime ministerial spokesman Janos Lazar said “increasingly aggressive” migrants had prompted the move. Hungary’s right-wing populist government has been criticised by the UN and Serbia for radical steps such as building a fence along the border. But it says the EU’s failure to act on migration is the real problem.
Turkish Authorities Detain 293 Illegal Immigrants at Border with Bulgaria
Hungary’s southern border marks the edge of the EU’s Schengen zone of passport-free travel and is thus a target for migrants seeking to enter the EU.
The Turkish gendarmerie in the border town of Kirklareli detained 293 illegal immigrants in five days.
Hungary has registered more than 100,000 asylum seekers this year - compared with 43,000 in the whole of 2014.
The refugees were uncovered near the Bulgarian-Turkish border in the forest next to the town of Demirkoy from where they intended to cross into Bulgaria and other European countries.
Several thousand police will now “defend” the 3.5m (11.5ft) fence being built along Hungary’s 175km (109-mile) border with Serbia, Mr Lazar told reporters.
The authorities detained five people as organisers of a channel for human trafficking across the border.
Hungary is also planning to toughen the penal code to make illegal border crossings and damaging the border fence punishable by up to four years in jail.
The detained immigrants have been handed over to the directorate on migration, daily Dnevnik informs. Another incident involving refugees occurred at a border checkpoint between Greece and Macedonia. A group of illegal immigrants attacked the Macedonian border police with stones and bottles. Three of the attackers - Syrian citizens were detained. Just in the space of a month, 40 000 people entered into Macedonia.
Hungary sends police to deter migrants on Serbia border Hungary says it has been forced to act because of EU inaction on the migrant crisis. Hungary says it will send thousands of police officers to its southern border with Serbia in its latest step to stem the flow of migrants.
Security stopped 135 unaccompanied children a day at Mexican border in July Border control officers caught 135 unaccompanied children a day illegally trying to cross from Mexico to America in July. It is a new record for border security this year, bringing the total apprehended minors to more than 30,000 since October 2014. Officials warn worsening conditions of poverty and violence in Central America are reaching a critical point and posing new, unique challenges to U.S. foreign policy. The figures will also put strain on human services and refugee camps as data from the Department of Homeland Security shows the majority of children tend to stay in America despite getting caught. Addressing the recent spike, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman said: ‘In July, we experienced a slight increase over June in the number of unaccompanied children and family units apprehended.
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‘Conditions in Central America continue to worsen, especially the poverty and violence in these countries that are the primary push factors.
often work overnight and other stressful shifts. They may be assigned to remote areas of the border without easy access to good public schools and day care.
‘We are aware that smugglers, or “coyotes”, often use misinformation about current immigration policies and practices to lure illegal migrants to employ their services.’
BSF women patrol border for first time
The figures have yet to surpass 2014, which saw historic numbers of migrants at the border. Before July, May held the daily record, with 128 children a day trying their luck to get into the country, many to reach family members who have already settled in the US. Between October 1 and June 30, 26,685 unaccompanied children had been caught trying to enter the US. A month later, officers had caught another 4,177, bringing the total to 30,862. Over the same period of time, 29,407 family units have been caught at the Southwest border to California, with 4,506 in July alone. Though the majority have come from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, 918 hailed from more distant regions of Central and South America.
For the first time, women commandos of the Border Security Force (BSF) have been patrolling the south Bengal frontier on the India-Bangladesh border in Nadia’s Krishnagar sector.
Border Patrol launches unprecedented recruitment effort for female agents
The deployment of the women personnel in night patrolling comes in the wake of security alerts claiming terror outfits can use young women in possible attacks around Independence Day.
The Border Patrol plans to hire 1,600 agents by the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30. Not all the slots must go to women, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection got a federal exemption to target women.
Women BSF personnel have done “camp duty” at night in Punjab, which meant guarding the gates. There have not been reports, however, of women personnel being used in antisabotage or active patrolling in the night.
The unprecedented female recruitment effort comes after the Border Patrol was overwhelmed last summer by a surge of women and children on the southern border, mostly Central Americans coming through Texas’ Rio Grande Valley where Sanchez works. There are fewer immigrants than last summer, but the number of families increased this month, and the region remains the border’s busiest area for illegal immigration.
It is certainly the first time women are patrolling the border in Bengal.
Salaries for starting agents range from $39,400 to $50,016, with potential promotions to $70,192, decent pay for high school graduates in the impoverished Rio Grande Valley. The Border Patrol is 54% minority, mostly Latinos. Only 5% of agents in the Rio Grande Valley are female, 150 of 3,000. Monique Grame, 39, a single mother from San Diego, joined the Border Patrol there almost 15 years ago during a recruitment drive, then shifted to an administrative job in Washington, D.C., until her son graduated from high school and she could return to the field here. Now deputy patrol agent in charge of the Border Patrol station in McAllen, Grame said some of the biggest barriers to recruiting women have always been family-related. Agents
The BSF began to think differently following the blasts in Burdwan’s Khagragarh on October 2, 2014, in which women played a key role. Razia Biwi, a homemaker, had allegedly played a key role in the Burdwan blast and in weaving a terror network. In addition, there were reports that Bangladeshi terror outfits were recruiting young homemakers and training them. “Intelligence inputs indicate that women with terror links may try to sneak in in the guise of cattle smugglers. Bangladeshi terror outfits such as the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) are quite active in the border areas. They have recruited young homemakers and given them terror training. It is not easy for a male BSF officer to get into a combat with or frisk them. So women personnel were pressed into action,” said a BSF officer in Gede. The BSF deployed the women in key stretches of the 235km sector in North 24-Parganas and Nadia.
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Deploy More Security Personnel Along Malaysia-Thailand Border Assemblyman The government needed to deploy more security personnel in the country’s border with Thailand and build high tech security markets to address the problem of smuggling that also involved human trafficking. Bukit Kayu Hitam assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Zaini Japar said even though border security had been tightened, human smuggling activites still occurred. “I found out that lately there are still human smuggling activites that occur in the border areas, that we cannot deny,” he said here recently. He said activities involving the smuggling of foreigners to the country along the Malaysia-Thailand border were detected to have occurred near the Bukit Kayu Hitam duty free complex area. On the border fences that were damaged in several locations, Ahmad Zaini who is also Kedah Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBBC) chairman, said efforts to repair them were being carried out by the contractor who is being appointed. He said efforts to equip the border fences with closed circuit television (CCTV) were also being carried out currently to further tighten border security control. It is understood that several companies had made presentations to the National Security Council on the latest technology application that could detect intrusions, including by human trafficking syndicates, at the Malaysia-Thailand border, he said.
Piles of drugs seized at border It has been a busy time for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents along the Arizona-Mexico border with well over a quarter million dollars in drugs seized in one week. At the Port of Douglas on Tuesday, officers arrested a U.S. citizen, Christina Madeline De La Cruz, 26, after they say they found nearly 120 pounds of marijuana in her car. Then they nabbed Yadira Suseth Madrid-Tanabe, 20, of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, saying she had nearly 276 pounds of marijuana hidden throughout her SUV. In Naco, officers busted Bernardo Ramirez-Ramirez of Tucson, 20, on Tuesday. They say he had about 139 pounds of marijuana in his car. Officers also said they found nearly 16 pounds of
methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin Kenneth Alejandro Gonzalez-Rubio, 20, was trying to bring through the Port of San Luis. And in separate incidents at the Port of Nogales, CBP officers say two U.S. citizens and two Mexicans were caught attempting to smuggle almost half a million dollars in hard drugs. According to information released by CBP, a drug dog found 41 pounds of methamphetamine in the car of Manuel Gomez-Rivas, 23, of Culiacan, Sonora, Mexico on Tuesday. At about the same time, they say they found more than 17 pounds of cocaine and nearly 10 pounds of meth in a Dodge truck driven by Shawn Jeannine Emmons, 53, of Benson, Arizona. Xavier Rabago Bolivar, 26, of Tucson, is accused of trying to smuggle more than 10 pounds of meth in the rear bumper area of his vehicle, while agents say Luis Angel VerdugoRobles, 32, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, had almost 16 pounds of meth and more than seven pounds of cocaine in his. The total estimated street value of one week’s drug seizures was $865,000, according to CBP.
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Open Plenary Sessions will discuss the following topics: Trafficking: Human, Drug, Contraband and CBRNe Trafficking remains one of the major issues for border security and management agencies. Whether humans, drugs, contraband or CBRNe proliferation, trafficking provides major challenges that affects peoples lives and countries economies, whilst proving hugely profitable for organised criminal gangs. Different regional issues provide global challenges. From where do these activities transpire and what can be put in place to mitigate the problems? 2015 WBC A4 Ad.indd 1
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Land Borders: The Challenges and Solutions Land borders provide great challenges for border agencies to monitor and protect lengthy borders with limited resources. For extended land borders, this challenge is enhanced, giving greater opportunities to the organised criminal gangs. What are the latest challenges facing our agencies and is it possible to enhance the protection and management of land borders? What are the solutions? Maritime, Port and Coastal Border Security Coastal border security has become an increasing challenge coast guards and border agencies, with long sea borders and busy ports proving difficult terrain for surveillance and monitoring. What are the latest challenges facing our maritime border agencies and how can we best guard the coast and major ports from international organised criminal activities, including human trafficking and drug smuggling?
Curtailing the Movement of International Terrorists and Criminals Spotting a terrorist or criminal and how to stop them travelling is a challenge. Often the intelligence on such persons is discovered after they have boarded or crossed the border. The use of intelligence analysis and national security information sharing can greatly assist border agencies upstream intelligence to prepare for such events prior to their movement. What are the current challenges in identification and tracking of terrorists and criminals and solutions for curtailing their movement? The Future of Border Management What is the future for border management and the role of the border protection and enforcement agencies? What role can technologies and biometrics play in the future of border management – with numerous new developments such as Automated Border Controls, e-Gates, Smart Borders, APIS, iAPIS, PNR, how do we ensure compatibility of different systems and technologies and how do they support the role of the front line? Open Breakout sessions will look at the following topics: Big Data and Cross Border Cyber Crime How will our borders of tomorrow be protected when the borders of today failed to serve as protection against illegal immigration and cross-border organised crime? With more of the world becoming interconnected, our data and personal information held on individuals becomes increasingly vulnerable to cyber criminals. 80% of all big crime is now conducted on internet and organized crime has now become immune to prosecution. How can agencies share information and manage big data without being compromised by cyber policy, law or security issues? Controlling Departures and Pre-Clearance We don’t appear to control departures very well - do we really know who is leaving and who they say they are? Should we be controlling departures more tightly and what are the best ways of doing it? Speeding Up the Screening Process: Trusted Travelling, Profiling, Programs and Solutions Screening at the border is designed to identify trusted and eligible travellers, but how successful is the balance between security and speed. Can pre-screening be improved to enhance the traveller experience at the port? Can the many Trusted Traveller Programmes be better integrated to become real value to the border agencies and transport companies (airlines, ferries, international rail, etc) and can the use of automation of controls, technology or passenger data improve security?
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2015 World BORDERPOL Congress Registration Now Open You can now register your place at the 4th World BORDERPOL Congress directly at the event website www.world-borderpol-congress.com, alternately request a registration form from BORDERPOL Director Programs & Events, Neil Walker at neil.walker@borderpol.org.
Closed Workshops for Agencies only The World BORDERPOL Congress aims to promote enhanced inter-agency co-operation and information sharing amongst border forces, that will benefit the security of the all nations. Border agencies and agencies at the border can benefit from the ‘Closed Agency Workshops’, a series of ‘behind closed door’ discussion and working group opportunities. By further encouraging discourse and collaboration between agencies, the World BORDERPOL Congress will drive the ambitions of BORDERPOL, the World Border Organization, to promote international borders that enhance human mobility whilst ensuring traveller safety and security and facilitate smart and secure border systems. Closed Agency Only Workshops will discuss the following topics: Controlling Departures and Pre-Clearance for Airport/ Port Security Airport, seaport - how do you know who is coming in and going out? With the difficulty associated with co-ordinating hundreds of legacy systems worldwide, in addition to widely differing data protection laws, will the API/PNR programs work and if so, how can they be made more effective? Refugees and Political Asylum As political turmoil around the world fuels mass migration, how does the international community meet the challenges of countering human trafficking whilst balancing the humanitarian needs of genuine refugees ? Information Sharing, Cyber Crime and Data Sharing Information sharing and upstream intelligence is key to identification and tracking of travellers. Yet agencies and enforcement organisations are still not effective in accomplishing this to best effect. How can agencies best share information and what are the restrictions and implications? Is it regulation and/or operation that needs to be modernised? BORDER AGENCIES - If you are interested in participating in the ‘Closed Agency Workshops’, in order to obtain clearance to attend these Closed Agency Only Workshops, please contact: Neil Walker, Director Programs & Events BORDERPOL Email: neil.walker@borderpol.org
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The European Border: What Next? By Tony Smith CBE, BORDERPOL International Liaison Director. The EU Border is under unprecedented pressure to manage flows of irregular migrants. As the EU institutions and Member States continue to struggle to find any common long term strategy to manage the flows, what does the future hold for the European Border? prospects were better. This “internal” movement of EU passport holders continues to raise questions in many of the “receiving” states, with growing support for parties advocating an end to freedom of movement altogether by severing membership of the Union. Indeed the current UK government is committed to holding a national referendum on EU Membership by 2017.
I saw a good deal of change in EU Border Controls throughout my 40 years’ service with the UK Immigration Service. In the early seventies there was no freedom of movement in Europe. There were no “EEA” lanes at UK ports of entry. As a young immigration officer at Terminal One, Heathrow I spent much of my time refusing leave to enter to young Cypriots, Spaniards and Portuguese nationals who were seeking entry as visitors but in reality wished to migrate for employment (for which a work permit was required). Polish nationals – and other “Eastern European” passport holders – required visas. Immigration Controls were focussed more upon stemming the flows of “Commonwealth” migrants, who had been welcomed in the 50s and 60s to work in public transport and health services but who were now seen as a migratory threat that needed to be controlled. Such were the wishes of the government of the day. The accession of the UK to the “Common Market” in January 1973 and the subsequent extension of the concept of “Freedom of Movement” changed the
dynamics of border controls in Europe. Subsequent Treaties extended the powers of Brussels to the point where the examination of passport holders from fellow Member States no longer included an immigration element, based on the presumption that inbound arrivals were able to exercise “Treaty Rights” to live and work in another Member State. At the same time more and more “Member States” came on line; and the “Schengen Agreement” extended the principle originally established in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (Benelux) to abolish “internal frontiers” altogether. The “Schengen Acquis” – incorporated into EU law under the Treaty of Amsterdam – eventually led to the entire abolition of borders within the European Union, save for those of the UK and Ireland who retained an “opt out” provision. The freedom of movement provisions – coupled with the abolition of internal frontiers – led to huge internal movements of people across the EU. With the accession of the “A8” countries significant numbers of workers migrated from East to West, where economic
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Notwithstanding the arrangements for freedom of movement of EU citizens, the by-product of Schengen is of course the freedom of movement of third country nationals across the Schengen zone. This presupposes that the Schengen Member States have some form of common agreement on immigration and asylum management, so that EU resources can be distributed equitably across Member States to manage third country flows. It also presupposes that the EU has an effective strategy to manage its “External Frontier”, so that the overall number of people entering is broadly in line with EU policy. However a range of external factors – including the “Arab Spring”, Civil wars in the Middle East and Africa, and the breakdown of law and order in Syria and Libya – has exposed fundamental disagreements between the EU Member States and the EU institutions. These remain largely unresolved; to the extent that the EU is no longer capable either of securing its external borders, or managing the number of third country nationals now within them. Reports suggest that 50,000 irregular migrants landed on the Greek Islands in July 2015 alone – more than the entire number that arrived in 2014. Many are crossing in vessels from an overburdened Turkey (who are empathetic to EU aims but simply overwhelmed by numbers) or an anarchic Libya (where the human traffickers have completely www.borderpol.org
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overwhelmed any token attempts to exercise controls). In short, the EU external border is broken. The European Border Agency (Frontex) is the leading operational arm of the EU in respect of the management of the external frontier. I have attended several management board meetings at Frontex over the years. The fundamental principle behind the Agency was a sound one; there had to be a payback to compensate for Schengen, and that meant a significant investment in operational capability at the external border. However it soon became clear that the creation of a fully equipped “European Border Guard” - capable of operating at arm’s length from the political institutions of the EU in exercising secure border controls at the EU frontier - was no more than a pipe dream. Instead Frontex was pushed down the road towards a research and development role operating out of a relatively small headquarters in Warsaw, largely reliant upon Member States to provide resources to specific joint task forces to cope with specific problems. These were never proportionately funded by the EU institutions, as was clearly demonstrated by Operation Triton in 2014. Although Member States have now significantly increased deployments to search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, we continue to see record numbers of drownings there as the traffickers pour more and more desperate migrants into unseaworthy vessels upon the promise of a new life in Europe. Frontex can do
no more than plead for more support from Member States to provide more assets to rescue more people to bring into Europe. So far the EU has failed miserably to come up with any meaningful policy agreement about what to do about this crisis. The so called “Khartoum Process” promises an investment of EU resources in Africa to tackle human smuggling rings there; but there is little confidence that this will have any real effect without a genuine commitment from source and transit countries. The EU search and rescue operation – albeit commendable for its commitment to the preservation of life, which must be top priority – assumes an automatic transfer from the southern Mediterranean to the EU rather than return to a non EU location, thus perpetuating the pull factor. Recent statements from receiving countries such as Italy and Greece, who themselves have significant economic issues within the domestic population, indicate a cry for help from other EU countries. These have gone largely unanswered. Ultimately, a sovereign state must reserve the right to control its own territory – including those who may enter it and reside within it. A country’s border is owned by its people, and managed by its elected representatives in accordance with their wishes. There is a clear need to reach out to the international community to help manage this global crisis; but it must be ultimately for each country to determine how and where it will provide assistance, and in what form. This is not something that can be imposed upon them externally. Where
such a perception exists, then people will turn to their own government to respond. The absence of any such agreement at EU level suggests that the tide of open borders across the Schengen zone is turning; and that increasingly EU Member States will take measures at their own frontiers to ensure that migration policy remains within their own jurisdiction, rather than at some higher level outside it. Thus I expect to see increased investment by the UK government at its internal frontier – as demonstrated recently at Calais and Coquelles – and also increased activity at other “internal” EU borders to manage third country flows across national boundaries. Unless the EU can demonstrate to Member States that it has a real grip of its External Frontier, this could lead to the complete demise of the Schengen Acquis and – potentially – the concept of free movement altogether.
Tony Smith is International Liaison Director at Borderpol and formerly Director General of the UK Border Force. He was awarded the title of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to Border Security during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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CYBERCRIMINALS BEWARE: CYBERPOL HAS ARRIVED! By James Lee IFJ federation journalist correspondent for ECIPS. The European Centre for Information Policy and Security (ECIPS) recently approved by Statutory Royal Decree has received the final approval from the Belgian government to proceed with the International Cyber Policing Organization abbreviated CYBERPOL as the international cyber policing organization. for the official public press conference scheduled in late November 2015 to be held in Brussels, Belgium. Baretzky urged all law-enforcement agencies to work together and said during his short interview with Media: “Dear Colleagues, Law-enforcement officers and cyber crime investigative units. We have waited long for this day to arrive and now is the time to proceed with a proper international coordinated cyber crime prevention programs to clean up the web, as fast and swiftly as possible before the quantum age arrive, already at our doorstep.”
The agreed Head Quarters of the new CYBERPOL is to be located according to Article 1 of the Decree, in Antwerp, Belgium to remain the main location within the European Union. The ECIPS who was the international organizational initiation body of the CYBERPOL program and legally acquired IPO during 2014 together with its seniority rights have been the main driving force behind the CYBERPOL program. This secured the position of the CYBERPOL institution located and indefinitely will be hosted within the European Union. This was made possible with the support of ECIPS and several other international law-enforcement agencies with an extensive lobbying process during the last few years. ECIPS was established in office by Statutory Royal Decree No WL22/16.594 on the 14th of June 2015 in terms of the Act of 27th June on the International Organisations and Foundations, Articles 46 and 50, 1, respectively modified by Article 282 and 284 of the program act of 2007 December 2004 in conformity of the purpose with Article 46 of the aforementioned law Brussels, by King Fillip of Belgium and the Minister of Justice under Article 2 of the Order, the
minister who has Justice in assignments is responsible for the execution of the present Statutory Royal Decree of both ECIPS and CYBERPOL Statutory Royal Decree. The official elected President of ECIPS, Mr. Ricardo Baretzky, also the current elected interim President of CYBERPOL, said that cyber criminals should know that their future is short and amnesty won’t count in the new laws to come proposed by the European Centre for Information Policy and Security (ECIPS). He pointed out that several organizations presently using the name of CYBERPOL illegally and those who do, should know that it will have dire consequences in the future when involved in the illegal use of the CYBERPOL IPO name.
Certainly a wake-up call for cyber criminals. The CYBERPOL website has been constantly subjected to cyber attacks since last month with an average of 240 000 cyber attacks per day logged onto the website. The CYBERPOL CIB Cyber Crime Unit said that even should the CYBERPOL website be hacked no harm can be done since the website is not linked to any data in any form. The official new CYBERPOL.INT website is expected to go live during next month. Both Decree’s approved copies can be found on CYBERPOL DECREE LINK: http:// cyberpol.org/cyberpol-cyberpolice_003.htm and ECIPS DECREE LINK: http://ecips.eu/ european_centre_for_information_ policy_and_security_033.htm
Several critics from the CYBER Lawenforcement welcomed the decision by the Justice Department and said that this is a step in the right direction to fight international cyber crime. The International crime figures shows that more than 53% of all internet transactions could be involved in some kind of cyber crime and that computer hacking is on the sharp rise since 2014. The President would not comment much and said that everybody has to wait
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Refugees an asset to state farms By Rey Koslowski, associate professor of political science at the University at Albany. In 1950, an American farmer with “140 acres, 50 livestock, pigs, ducks, chickens and farm machinery” submitted an immigration visa application “Affidavit of Support” to sponsor my parents, who grew up on farms in Poland. On their arrival here, he gave them work and a place to live. to eat or sell at local farmers markets. Refugees who grow and sell their own produce may eventually take advantage of one of the projects funded by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement that help refugees become self-employed farmers themselves.
The 1948 Displaced Persons Act made this possible by authorizing admission of 400,000 displaced persons from wartorn Europe between 1948 and 1952. It required that at least 30 percent “have been engaged in agricultural pursuits and ... will be employed in the United States in agricultural pursuits.” The Act essentially recruited refugee farmers. Today, American farmers need workers experienced in milking cows, raising livestock, planting and picking fruits and vegetables. Many of the world’s refugees, who are stranded in camps for years and cannot return to their countries, grew up in rural areas and are experienced farmers. President Barack Obama and Congress could increase the number of resettled refugees beyond the 70,000 ceiling and help American farmers in the process. In New York, the Greek-style yogurt boom is pushing up demand for milk, estimated by a Cornell University study to increase by 15 percent within five years and require 100,000 more cows and 2,225 workers. Problem is New York lost half of its dairy farmers between 1990 and 2010, as the average age of farmers is increasing and fewer of their
children stay in farming. Immigrants have been filling labor demands — the National Milk Producers Federation estimates that 41 percent of overall dairy labor is now foreign-born. Given that the H2-A temporary agriculture worker visa fits seasonal labor demand, but cows need to be milked every day of the year, many dairy farmers have turned to hiring unauthorized migrants rather than cut herd size or abandon dairy altogether. New refugee resettlement programs could help meet agricultural labor demand legally by pairing refugees with farmers. Farmers could sponsor refugees after reviewing their farming experience and conducting Skype interviews to discuss work expectations, salary and housing. Refugees could begin working on farms part-time while taking videoconferenced English as a Second Language courses. Initial housing costs would be covered by federal financial assistance provided to all refugees.
Resettlement programs pairing refugees with New York dairy farmers could take advantage of the state’s Office for New Americans, which helps immigrants with English and civics classes, naturalization applications and job training. The office also promotes programs like the “Refugee Milker Training Pilot Program,” preparing Bhutanese refugees to work on large dairy farms in Covington in Wyoming County and Linwood in Livingston County, and a project training Burmese refugees for agricultural work in the Ithaca area. One could also envision SUNY agricultural programs developing farming boot camps for refugees in collaboration with SUNY-sponsored interpreters. To give some refugee farmers the chance that my parents had, Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand could team up with U.S. representatives from New York’s dairy producing regions — Chris Gibson, Elise Stefanik, Richard Hanna, Tom Reed, John Katko and Chris Collins — and propose legislation that adds several thousand additional refugee resettlement slots for refugees with agricultural experience.
After six months, farmers would offer full-time employment at the minimum wage plus free housing. After one year, farmers would also provide garden plots, in which refugees could grow produce
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Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Combating Smuggling Lee Wakefield, CEO, Sentir Global Inc. AndrĂŠ Skupin, Center for Information Convergence and Strategy, San Diego State University. Every country in the world is faced with the repercussions of international smuggling. Smuggling undermines the economic viability of each country by creating black-market operations and frequently exploits individuals in the most insidious of all illegal activities, human trafficking. As governments and law enforcement officials develop new tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to combat smuggling operations, the transnational criminal trafficking syndicates are earnestly developing new measures to defeat those same TTPs. There are several new tactics that incorporate leading-edge technology and introduce leadership programs to provide a fresh look at combating smuggling, particularly at border-crossing checkpoints and in airport customs activity.
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n institutional problem prevalent throughout the world is that too few countries, organizations or companies are focused on prevention of criminal activity. Instead, they react AFTER the fact and must then respond with law enforcement tactics centered on investigation, arrest and prosecution. Unfortunately, many countries are enamored with the latest technology and “shiny gadgets� but overlook the human aspect of training that enhances the new technology. Investment in training also allows officers to effectively operate in situations where the technology is not available or not working. Border security officers and customs officers are frequently the very first government officials a traveler encounters upon entering a country. It is imperative that these officers be sufficiently trained to read the human landscape and detect potential threats (economic, terrorist related or criminal) so as to stop them at the point of entry. During the last decade, there have been enormous advances in observation and surveillance equipment. One of the major advances that could be incorporated in the surveillance programs is analytic software to detect anomalous activities and then alert an operator to the anomaly for further investigation Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and geographic analysis provide additional analytical tools for customs and border security personnel. These tools provide retrospective, predictive,
and prescriptive modeling of border activities at points of entry as well as across various types of open border terrain. GIS, combined with camera software that captures the vehicle identification number (VIN), vehicle license number, driver information and destination can offer analytical tools for predictive behavior. These types of analytical tools are designed to connect non-obvious relationships in order to predict changes in transnational criminal trafficking routes. Non-verbal Behavior Training for Customs and Border Security Officers It is imperative to include training to enable customs officers to read and decipher non-verbal behavior and which incorporates the unique skill-set of reading micro-facial expressions to detect threats. Such training enhances existing technology and further
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develops the threat-recognition skills of these officers. Further, advanced training should be provided, in which analytical tools are evaluated and best practices are examined for incorporating such tools into a security program at all points of entry. There are unfortunately numerous instances of countries purchasing very sophisticated and expensive camera systems or scanners only to have the equipment rendered nonoperational after only a short time. In other situations the operators may only know how to turn the cameras on, but not how to effectively recognize a threatening situation or to read the pre-event indicators to smuggling. Identifying threats and mitigating their effects is essential to decreasing criminal activity and should be applied www.borderpol.org
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to customs and border security arenas as well. This proactive approach, when used in tandem with camera systems, international databases and other technology, provides a broad spectrum of protection and threat mitigation. The study human behavior is essential to any comprehensive customsofficer or border-security training program. Deciphering atmospherics, biometrics, kinesics and proxemics, the cornerstones of non-verbal behavior, should form the foundation of both initial and on-going professional development for these officers. The general descriptions of these human domains are as follows: • “Atmospherics” connotes the attributes of a given environment such as looks, smells and sounds during normal activity. • “Biometrics” is the science and technology of measuring human body characteristics such as fingerprints, retinal scans, and voice patterns or facial patterns for authentication and security purposes • “Proxemics” is the interpretation of the spatial distance we maintain as we
interact with others, depending upon the social and cultural context. • “Kinesics” is a means of human communication through gestures that reflect feelings, attitudes and intentions.
analysis of patterns and relationships in that space is an essential element of any counter-smuggling effort. The methods of geographic analysis applicable to this domain are varied.
Another crucial component of detecting potential threats and reading the human landscape is the ability to read and interpret the emotional content of non-verbal behavior. Emotions emit changes in the brain that allow humans to quickly respond to potentially threatening external stimuli and can indicate deception as a response to that perceived threat.
At its most basic level, individual events can be geo-referenced and plotted on a map. Unfortunately, when such data are collected for larger areas and over longer time periods, patterns resulting from the plotting of individual events tend to be much too complex to be comprehended by a human map user, due to over-plotting in high-frequency areas. For example, the left portion of Figure 1 shows actual crime events recorded in a portion of the city of San Diego for a six-month period. It is clear that such pin-point representation of events becomes a hindrance when trying to see meaningful patterns. Extraction of aggregate patterns, for example through kernel density analysis, then becomes essential (Figure 1).
There are several components to emotional human behavior that must be observed in the context of a specific situation in order to determine the likelihood of deceit. Customs officers and border guards must also evaluate the timing, intensity and inappropriate emotional response during the situation in question. Geographic Analysis Approaches Since any movement of commodities and humans within the scope of this paper occurs in geographic space, the
While such analysis of known events is useful and can inform tactical realignment of resources, one frequently has to rely on indirect clues
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Once a trained operator has identified a heat-signature anomaly, customs officials and the medical authorities can determine through questioning and further examinations whether the individual’s elevated body temperature is due to illness or other causes.
Figure 1. Extraction of Patterns from Individual Events pointing towards smuggling activity. Once properly understood, monitoring of the environments in which these clues are observed can inform proactive interdiction and mitigation strategies. Official points of entry, whether across international or intranational boundaries, are a concentrated nexus of both legal and illegal transportation and thus they are an obvious point of potential convergence for various data related to goods and persons. Some data points are so highly linked that any divergent pattern is cause for concern. For example, since license plates are meant to identify a particular vehicle, it is easy to detect unusual patterns even without access to a vehicular registration database. That is the case when a given license plate is observed to be associated with different vehicles during a short time span. Advanced analytics that is to inform counter-smuggling efforts requires a mix of not only retrospective and predictive, but also prescriptive approaches. Prescriptive geographic analysis includes the use of allocation models to assign geographic areas of responsibility to customs/border security facility locations. This has to include not just transportation networks, but also less obvious factors, like land cover and slope steepness, because these affect movements during smuggling and countersmuggling activities. Sophisticated location modeling, such as through integration of multi-criteria decisionmaking (MCDM) with GIS, is especially required when it comes to deciding on
the location of new customs/border facilities, including inland checkpoints, or the cost-effective allocation of limited funds to geographically fixed facilities. Infrared (IR) and Thermal Imaging Camera Systems and other Technology Camera Systems Camera systems are currently used extensively in airports, port facilities and security operations. However, the introduction of both IR and thermal imaging cameras (infrared thermography) offers a distinct enhancement for security procedures. Both camera systems have precise capabilities that augment the operator’s ability to detect anomalies in the human landscape. IR cameras can detect individuals carrying small packages, illegal substances or weapons on their persons and some high-end IR cameras are capable of detecting heat emanating from vehicle compartments where humans could be hiding (trunk/boot) or illegal items hidden in door-frames/ engine compartments. Therefore, at all border checkpoints IR cameras should be incorporated as part of the smuggling detection protocols. One of the major uses of IR/ Thermography is to minimize the cross-border spread of infectious diseases. Elevated body temperature can be observed with thermal imaging as a first layer of defense to limit contamination by viral diseases such as H1N1, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Swine Flu or Ebola.
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Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain have investigated the cognitive neurophysiological changes with regard to emotions when an individual is being deceptive. When humans tell a lie, the temperature rises in the inner portions of the orbital socket and nasal areas and this phenomenon is termed the “Pinocchio effect.” This increase in facial temperatures is a result of increased blood flow to the facial region. It cannot be overstated that thermal cameras are merely a tool to indicate a potential health problem, a deception or the anxiety manifested by possible smuggling activity. It is up to the customs officer or border guard to determine the precise cause of the anomalous temperature rise while customs officers question the individual. Additionally, non-verbal behavioral indicators leveraged by deceit detection criteria, specifically clustering of information and timing, are employed during the interview. These questions are designed to determine the source of the anxiety while specifically monitoring the individual for deceit detection. Detailed questioning by an officer trained in non-verbal behavioral analysis will quickly ascertain whether there is a potential problem regarding the individual passenger. Facial Recognition Software Facial recognition software is in use in numerous countries, primarily for law enforcement activities. The U.S. military Counter Drug Technology Program Office sponsored the Face Recognition Technology (FERET) program designed specifically for rapid facial recognition to aid security, intelligence and law enforcement officers. That initial U.S. government program confirmed that algorithms could be developed to rapidly evaluate photographs to identify specific individuals. Since the FERET program, facial recognition www.borderpol.org
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programs have been refined further to incorporate aspects of emotional content such as facial indicators of deception.
check-points, ground sensors are an ideal means to verify activity, pinpoint illegal border crossing locations and then apprehend the criminals. Acoustic remote sensors are able to detect engine sound, conversation or brush trampled under shoes. These unattended sensors conserve manpower and other resources yet provide valuable information regarding illegal activity in remote areas.
indicators” present and then develop a thorough program of reinforcement and apprehension. The combination of well-trained officers and technology will advance this goal.
the border crossing area and can even distinguish the type of optical device in use. It is critical that customs officials and border guard leadership have knowledge of the surveillance being conducted against their locations or points of entry. The key to a reduction in smuggling activity is to recognize and respond to the “pre-event
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Other Promising Technology • Paper-based wireless sensors to detect explosive components – researchers have developed prototype wireless sensors to detect trace amounts of critical components for numerous explosives.
• Advanced Bomb Sensors for Airports – Recent studies have shown sensors which accurately detected TNT, RDX, PETN, nitroglycerine, HMX (commercial blasting and military applications) TATP, and HMTD. TATP and HMTD are Optical Detection common components of homemade Systems bombs. Figure 2. Facial Recognition algorithm software photo Optical detection • Tiny chemical sensors placed inside systems offer a huge shipping containers or transit nodes Ground Sensors increase in security operations for to detect trace amounts of explosive border guard officers. These systems device components and hazardous Seismic, acoustic or magnetic sensor operate on a variety of different materials. arrays are ideal for open border terrain technologies and have been adapted • Micro-array chips for label free where they provide an electronic from military use for VIP security, detection of currently four narcotics; perimeter along known transnational intelligence gathering, sniper detection amphetamines, cocaine, ecstasy and criminal trafficking routes . These and border security. heroin. Additionally, this technology sensors are buried just under the may be valid surface and can detect human and for detection of other animal activity in the area. Many other harmful of these sensors have been adapted compounds, from military use to protect endangered toxins or chemical/ wildlife and plants species. If the sensors biological warfare are established in a grid formation, agents. trafficking patterns and location can be • License plate determined. The sensors can be placed readers for entry/ in a mesh-array network and send alerts exit. These are via radio waves to transponders and on in use for law to the operator with a laptop and geoe n f o r c e ment, referenced map. This information can r e l a t i v e l y also be plotted using GIS intelligence inexpensive to analytics to indicate frequency of travel, incorporate in Figure 3. Portable optical detection systems number of persons traveling together existing data security or possibly load of the individuals. The architecture, and seismic sensors operate by monitoring Some optical detection systems provide offer GIS information for analytical and ground vibrations and movement from the operator the exact location of the visual interpreting. footsteps. Trained operators can then person using the binoculars to observe detect the difference between human footsteps and smaller animals (dogs, goats, kangaroos, sheep) and horses/ donkeys. Magnetic sensors provide useful information regarding direction of travel, presence of weapons or other metal objects. If customs officials suspect that smuggling routes are being used near border-crossing
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routes. These tactics need not be heavy-handed in nature but be more rooted in psychology and designed to take advantage of the scientific study of universal human behavioral responses and emotional content. Psychology research indicates females are generally better than males at detecting emotional content while participating in a conversation or observing human activity. There are distinct biological factors involved that contribute to the female’s acute recognition of emotional and nonverbal behaviors. Leveraging that biological advantage by including more females into the customs arena is one way to increase the detection of smuggling activities. Training females in the specific skill-sets of nonverbal behavioral analysis for threat recognition and threat awareness is a cost-effective tactic to decrease smuggling in the customs arenas in airports, sea ports or border crossing locations. Additionally, women are perceived as less threatening, so when a female is questioning a male his defenses are lowered slightly which allows for a more accurate reading of the emotional content of his nonverbal behaviors. Wherever possible, the addition of female behavioral specialists in the customs arena will increase detection of smuggling activities.
and to notify the officer manning the border regarding a certain vehicle that has been “flagged” by the database. At this point, the non-verbal behavioral analysis training assists the officer in deceit detection. Through observation, the officer ascertains whether the driver requires additional questioning or should be authorized to proceed. When a vehicle matches the profile of previously detained criminal vehicles, officers can employ hand-held sensors. The officer should indicate to the driver what the sensors can detect and
the government’s budget. Security is paramount, but there are some reasonably cost-effective methods of reducing smuggling operations by investing in the training of the customs and border security officers. Universal non-verbal behavior training will increase the officers’ skill-sets and provide a strong criminal detection capability even when the technology is not working. Customs and border security personnel should receive this type of formal behavioral training program in the academies prior to operational work and continue the
Border Checkpoint Activities There are so many different landborder checkpoints that it is impossible to offer uniform solutions. However, if one considers what such checkpoints have in common, there are some tactical strategies that are viable for detecting and reducing transnational criminal trafficking. Virtually all of the landborder crossing points move commerce, vehicles and people between countries. Therefore, it is imperative that each government knows which vehicles are entering its territory and for how long. License plate readers (LPR) coupled with GIS data analytics provide security from vehicle theft and reinforce border security architecture. LPR systems also combat what is termed “Cold Plating” or stealing license plates and putting them on vehicles involved in crossborder criminal activity. These LPR cameras must be able to read the plates prior to the vehicle actually reaching the border checkpoint (see Figure 4). That lead time is crucial for a database records search of the specific plates
Figure 4. LPR with long-range HD camera then observe the driver’s response. These tools coupled with non-verbal behavioral experience will significantly increase criminal detections and smuggling at border checkpoints. A key to better security programs is to invest in training people rather than relying primarily on newer technology. Trained personnel can perform effectively even when computers malfunction, require maintenance or become obsolete. Conclusions The volume of passenger, vehicle and cargo traffic continues to increase, but unfortunately so do transnational criminal smuggling operations. Governments and organizations are in a continuous battle to develop more and newer technology that will reduce cross-border criminal activities. However, much of that technology is taking an ever-increasing portion of
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training throughout their career with more advanced coursework that includes emotional detection, microfacial recognition training and deceit detection. These courses should also follow managerial or leadership training curriculum that encourages customs operations and border security with a Left of Boom mindset. Senior officers can then incorporate the information gained by the operational officers into a countrywide security protection program outlined specifically to predict changes in criminal trafficking patterns. There are numerous technologies that should also be leveraged, such as GIS, computer database analytics and sophisticated IR/thermal camera systems. Each of these technologies can play a role in providing predictive preevent indicators to governments, but nothing can replace the proper training of customs and border personnel. www.borderpol.org
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BORDERPOL International Security meeting September 9-11, Washington DC Curtailing Terrorist Travel: Threats and Solutions Top officials from around the world participating To bring together the best and the brightest dedicated to helping curtail terrorist travel, and assess its threats, the international nonprofit BORDERPOL is holding it first North America Directorate International Security Meeting “Curtailing Terrorist Travel” September 9-11 in Washington D.C. The conference will move substantively through threats and solutions in visa adjudication, travel document security, international law, air and land ports of inspection, between ports of entry, and intelligence and information-sharing. Our keynote is the Chairman on the House Homeland Security Terrorist Travel Task Force Rep. John Katko (R-NY) a former US prosecutor. Pierre-Eduardo Colliex, France’s U.S. Police and Homeland Security Attaché in Washington, will be providing an operational brief on the Charlie Hebab attacks. The United Nations Counterterrorism Executive Directorate will provide a presentation on meetings happening next week in Madrid to support member states struggling to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters, and related Security Council instruments. I will be presenting and participating in this special UN meeting, as a BORDERPOL representative. Other speakers include:
Patty Cogswell, Chief Intelligence Officer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and former Acting Deputy and Special Assistant to the President Robert Hoitink, Minister Counsellor, Immigration Department of Immigration and Border Protection Regional Director, Americas, Embassy of Australia William Hochul, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York and former Chief of the Department of Justice’s National Security Division Jamie Solesme, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sergeant responsible for U.S.-Canada Border Intelligence and Enforcement Doug Gilmer, Deputy Unit Chief, FBI National Joint Terrorism Task Force Tony Smith, former Director General of the UK Border Force and former Director, Ports and Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Canada For further details and to register online visit www.borderpolamericas.com or contact janice.kephart@borderpol.org or neil.walker@borderpol.org.
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Border Guard Forces, which currently lack any remote detection capability along unpatrolled areas of Egypt’s borders. This system would provide an early warning capability to allow for faster response times to mitigate threats to the border guards and the civilian population. Egypt should have no difficulty absorbing these systems into its armed forces.
Sas R & D Services Inc. recently completed a training course in the North West USA for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
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The course covered the use of the Xpose Density meter and Ultimate Fiberscope for highway interdiction when searching vehicles of all kinds for Drugs, weapons, currency etc. Training courses have been run by SASRAD in over thirty countries – such courses are lead by police and customs agents with extensive experience in the field. Ted Sas, the President says “ Training course from competitors lead by a company salesmen are qualified do nothing but show which buttons to press! Our professional instructors use our equipment on a daily basis and our courses cover search & inspection as well as body language and questioning techniques – all based on their years of operational experience”
Border Security Mobile Surveillance Sensor Security System for Egypt The US State Department has approved a possible sale to Egypt of a Border Security Mobile Surveillance Sensor Security System with associated equipment for an estimated cost of $100 million. The Government of Egypt requested the sale of an offthe-shelf border security mobile surveillance sensor security system that will include the following sub-systems: mobile surveillance sensor towers, mobile command and control (C2) systems, a regional C2 system, voice/data communications equipment, spare parts, support equipment, personnel training, training equipment, publications and technical documentation, U.S. Government and contractor technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated cost is $100 million. This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been and continues to be an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East. This mobile surveillance sensor security system will provide Egypt with advanced capabilities intended to bolster its border surveillance capabilities along its border with Libya and elsewhere. This procurement is intended for Egyptian
MorphoTrak Leads with Face Training Comparison MorphoTrak, a US subsidiary of Morpho (Safran), today annoncé That It Will offer vendor-independent training * in face comparison, filling Acknowledged year gap in the field of computer-aided face recognition and facial recognition. Automated face recognition systems are common in Both law enforcement and civil applications, yet facial matching software can only present the reviewer with potential matches. It is up to the human reviewer to decide whether two facial photographs belong to the individual Sami. Dr. Nicole Spaun, train Forensic Examiner with the FBI’s Digital Evidence Lab and Biometrics Program Manager for the US Army in Europe, now Principal Expert for MorphoTrak Biometric Facial, Will lead the training in visual side comparison. That Explains Dr. Spaun training for human reviewers Has not Kept pace with the scope of facial pictures available from public and private sources. In addition, reviewers May be called Expired upon to compare faces in different scenarios. One task is facial review, Where the image from multiple analyst uses a face recognition system to match faces of the Sami person. Another scenario is facial identification, a forensic 1: 1 comparison to be presented in court. MorphoTrak’s Face Comparison training Will Follow guidelines Facial Identification Established by the Scientific Working Group (FISWG), and Will review and address facial facial identification. Attendees Will learn about biometrics, facial anatomy, dermatology, science image, and image processing, as well as legal issues and relevant presentation in court. These topics Will Be Taught in a three-to-five day race with classroom exercises, goal Can Be Provided in a shorting overview. Celeste Thomasson, President and CEO of MorphoTrak, STATED, “We welcome Dr. Spaun’s contribution to MorphoTrak’s Rapidly Developing facial recognition Offering, as well as her skill as a Trainer in the face of technical comparison. Dr. Spaun is a high-caliber forensic subject matter experts and published HAS Numerous papers on manual comparison of people in images, Developed a training program for forensic facial comparison, and served as the inaugural Chair of the Subcommittee FISWG Training and
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Proficiency. We are pleased to offer Dr. Spaun’s expertise to our customers, partners, and the public safety community. “
Lockheed Martin Selected To Secure All Western Region Airports & Ports The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has selected Lockheed Martin for the Transportation Security Equipment Deployment Services (TEDS) contract for all TSA deployments of security capabilities in the Western Region.
on a risk based model; old technologies are removed from service when they are at the end of their life cycle; and systems are relocated as necessary to meet security or agency needs. Lockheed Martin has been a partner of the TSA since 2002’s Strategic Airport Security Rollout program. Lockheed Martin was honored to receive TSA’s first Corporate Partnership Award in 2003 and TSA’s Los Angeles Airport Partnership Award in 2006. Since 2010 the Lockheed Martin team has been performing on the Security Equipment Systems Integration contract, the predecessor to TEDS. Lockheed Martin’s partners on TEDS include large business partners Parsons, Beltmann Integrated Logistics, and Faithful and Gould as well as small business partners K2 Consulting, Swanson Rink, Main Sail, CAGE, Cherokee Nation, DSCI and Spider Integration Group.
INDRA Deploys Automated Border Biometric Control Systems at Seven Spanish Airports These projects will deploy checkpoint technologies for passenger, carry-on and checked baggage screenings to protect passengers and facilitate commerce. Under the TEDS contract, Lockheed Martin will perform all tasks associated with the deployment of security technology equipment at airports, ports, terminals, cargo facilities and other locations within the Western Region of the United States, spanning from Alaska to Hawaii, as far west as Guam and as far east as Colorado. The period of performance is July 2015 through July 2020 and is part of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a $450 million ceiling for work across the three U.S. geographic regions (Western, Central, Eastern). “Protecting the nation’s transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce is at the core of the TSA’s mission, and ours,” said Scott Gray, vice president of IT & Security Solutions, Information Systems & Global Solutions, Lockheed Martin. “We have a strong history of providing critical security services and capabilities for the TSA and look forward to continuing this successful partnership.” TEDS directly supports TSA’s Office of Security Capabilities (OSC). OSC is responsible for the deployment of Transportation Security Equipment to ensure: new technologies are deployed as they become available based
Over the first six months of 2015 Indra successfully deployed ABC (Automatic Border Control) biometric systems at five Spanish airports and the Port of Algeciras. These systems make for faster processing of all adult citizens of the European Economic Area returning to the same from nonmember states. Specifically the company has deployed a total of 124 ABC systems at the airports of Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, South Tenerife and Malaga, with the latter being operational since 2014. The system has also been introduced for the first time at a port, in this case the Algeciras Maritime Station, which is used by travelers from all over Europe crossing to Africa. The system here also records passengers entering and leaving the European Economic Area, also known as the Schengen area. Deployment of these systems comes after Indra and the Spanish police force, under the technical direction of the Secretariat of State for Security via the General Information Systems and Security Communications Sub-Division, subjected the technology to trials at the Adolfo SuárezMadrid Barajas Airport and Barcelona-El Prat Airport, with excellent results. The systems have been operational at both airports since 2010 as part of a pioneering pilot initiative in Europe, which was subsequently extended to Malaga Airport. The ABC system is comprised of a kiosk where passengers show their digital passport or other electronic ID. Each post
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features a digital fingerprint sensor and facial recognition cameras. The system uses biometric information included in digital passports, while also verifying the authenticity of the same and checking police databases. The entire process takes just a few seconds, after which the traveler can continue to the border gate. The project is part of the Smart Borders program, co-funded by the EU, which aims to integrate air, sea and land borders. The company is also working on the next generation of automated border control systems. Indra is leading the European ABC4EU project, financed by the European Union as part of the 7th Framework Program, which includes 15 partners (industry, research centers, SMEs and end users). The project, which will run until June 2017, aims to reconcile management of ABC systems on the continent. Thus, passengers should notice no differences in the border experience regardless of the country they happen to be in or the company that deployed the system. It is also designed to be operable by all users, whether they belong to a Schengen member state or not. ABC systems represent an efficient solution for processing the growing number of passengers using airports the world over, making for tighter security and a more convenient experience for passengers.
Introducing the essential VSC document examination workstation Foster + Freeman Ltd, innovators in the design and manufacture of forensic science equipment, announced the worldwide launch of the VSC®8000 document imaging workstation, a new flagship Video Spectral Comparator for the comprehensive examination of all questioned documents.
workstations, the VSC®8000 provides powerful facilities for the interrogation of documents including passports, travel and identity documents, banknotes, cheques, official letters and breeder documents, as well as works of art and other valuable artefacts. “Foster + Freeman technology has been at the forefront of document examination since the launch of the original VSC® workstation some 35 years ago,” explained Bob Dartnell, the companies Managing Director. “The new VSC®8000 builds upon that technology, combining vastly improved multispectral LED light sources with our most sophisticated digital imaging technology to-date. The resulting system enables examiners to verify documents by detecting the presence of hidden security features and to reveal evidence of alterations or tampering that would have previously remained imperceptible to all but the most advanced of examination instruments.” The complete questioned document examination solution, the VSC®8000 is equipped with a integral motorised XY stage for precise positioning of documents under high magnification, a high-specification spectrometer for accurate colour analysis, and a new ‘Super Resolution Imaging (SRI)’ optical system, which provides excellent image clarity and resolution of documents up to A4/Letter size. All VSC®8000 operations are carried out via a powerful desktop PC, running the updated VSC® Suite 7.0 software. Super Resolution Images are displayed on a 32” 4K UltraHD monitor. A new streamlined method of conducting examinations, the VSC®8000 introduces for the first time ‘Document Specific Workspaces’, a range of application focussed software environments that provide the tools and functions specific to the document being examined. A direct result of existing VSC users feedback, pre-set workspaces exist for passport examination, ID cards, banknotes, and ink analysis. To ensure accurate and repeatable results, and to assist laboratories seeking ISO accreditation, the VSC®8000 can be calibrated using NIST traceable standards (supplied with all systems). Reliable system performance can be verified using simple automated diagnostics (triggered manually or on system start-up) to check the status of motors, light sources and filters. A detailed diagnostic report, exported as a PDF document, may be presented as evidence of VSC®8000’s validity as a system capable of providing the definitive examination of questioned documents.
MorphoTrak Tattoo ID First in NIST Evaluation The latest in a line of industry leading document examination
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announced that MorphoTrak’s tattoo recognition algorithm placed first in the Tattoo Recognition Technology Challenge (Tatt-C) evaluation conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Gabon announces the introduction of electronic visas As of July, travelers to the Central African nation of Gabon can now apply for visas online. This latest innovation named “e-Visa” forms part of the country’s e-government projects, which are aimed at making public services more accessible. The e-Visa project enables visitors to use the Internet to apply for a visa to enter Gabon. Regular travelers to Gabon have welcomed the government’s decision to allow foreigners to apply for visas online, moving away from visa procedures sometimes viewed as complicated. Once the request for an e-Visa is done on the web, it is processed by la Direction Générale de la Documentation et de l’Immigration (DGDI). The visa is issued at Libreville International Airport.
Each trial examined a critical aspect of performance for an automated tattoo recognition solution. In the identification trials, the MorphoTrak algorithm successfully found different instances of the same tattoo on the same subject, collected over time. MorphoTrak also excelled at finding a small region of interest within a larger tattoo, as well as determining whether an image contained a tattoo. Tattoo images have traditionally been regarded as a soft biometric -- that is, visual information that can be used to narrow down the range of candidates for identification and investigation, but cannot be used to explicitly identify an individual. Law enforcement organizations have been collecting tattoo images as long as they have been collecting mugshots, and while mugshots can now be submitted for automated searches using face recognition algorithms, tattoos are still categorized by text, in broad categories such as “Dragon,” and “Skull.” The team that developed MorphoTrak’s tattoo recognition algorithm wants to help law enforcement make the transition from keyword search to automated search of tattoo images, much in the same way we now search for fingerprints and faces.
Visa management is now an essential component of a modern, integrated border management system. It is key to enhancing both security and convenience. Gabon authorities’ main objectives are to introduce ICT tools to transform and simplify administrative procedures, for both the visa applicant and the issuing authority. The goal is also to enhance border security through the establishment of a trusted identity—based on document verification, and cross-checks of national and international control lists—during the visa application process. The new system will also facilitate arrival processes, minimize airport congestion and curb visa overstays. In the long term, Gabon seeks to boost tourism and business as well. Gemalto has been selected by Gabon authorities to develop the e-Visa project. The company is supplying a solution that includes its Coesys Visa Management solution, a full suite of service-oriented applications designed to securely manage visa applications and issue visas, eVisas and resident permits. The solution also features a convenient visa web portal for even greater ease of use, to begin the visa application procedure at home.
Celeste Thomasson, President and CEO of MorphoTrak, stated, “MorphoTrak is proud to continue its tradition of leadership and commitment to excellence in the field of biometric technology. Prior to MorphoTrak’s work in this area, investigators had to rely on text keywords to find tattoos that were similar in appearance. Our continuously improving tattoo recognition algorithm takes the criminal justice, forensic investigation and public security communities one step closer to a high-performance automated tattoo recognition solution.”
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