Border Security Matters Nov 2015

Border Security

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Welcome

Thomas Tass, Director General, BORDERPOL

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t our 1st World BORDERPOL Congress held in Westminster, London 16-17 October 2012 the theme of the event was “tactics and tools for effective border management”.

At our 2nd Congress also held in Westminster, London 3-4 December 2013 we chose “greater collaboration for increased global border security” as the theme. At our 3rd meeting last year held in Budapest 9-11 December we focused on “connecting and protecting” people and places.

This year’s World BORDERPOL Congress is being held in The Hague 8 – 10 December and the theme is “enhancing collaboration in global protection and management challenges”.

For planning and logistical reasons our Congress theme is fashioned about six months ahead of the event. This is largely based on the analysis of various social, economic, political and security issues that Team BORDERPOL believes are the likely “bordernomics” that will be in play at the time of the Congress.

As we gather in The Hague, this year’s theme has turned out to be exceedingly appropriate given the border security and migration management crisis that is griping societies in Europe, North Americas and the Middle East.

In the history of contemporary border security and migration management 2015 will likely be remembered as the year that in some regions conventional border security, control policies and systems failed. It failed to meet the expectations of people fleeing war and poverty. It failed to meet the expectations of citizens in countries of transit and resettlement.

The 4th World BORDERPOL Congress is a unique and enormously valuable opportunity for international stakeholders from government, industry and academia to sit down together for three days to go beyond just talking about the crisis but to come up with demonstrably practical and strategic solutions to the border security and migration management crisis that – without exaggeration - threatens the peace and stability of the world. As is our practice these discussions will take place in a professional and positive

Vol: November 2015

Contents BORDERPOL Workshops Budapest

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Agency News

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The 4th World BORDERPOL Congress Update

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Agency Focus

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European Reintegration Network (ERIN) 20 Tactics, UK Dog Detection Company Fights the Ivory Smugglers in Africas

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Industry News

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Product Update

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News and updates form the Secretariat

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environment that respects the diverse opinions and views of all participants.

During 2015 BORDERPOL championed the need for real collaboration among stakeholders in the border security migration management community. We held workshops and security meetings in Europe and in the United States.

We will continue to do our part to facilitate the strategic amelioration of border security and migration management system both during and after the Congress. During 2016 new initiatives to provide members with new channels of timely and focused information will be developed. A guide to international border standards will be published.

Most importantly we will strengthen our relationship with the border security, traveler and migration management community. In this regard the General Secretariat looks forward to the findings and recommendations following the first meeting of the Common Council.

With the support of its members and sponsors BORDERPOL will contribute finding solutions to the current border security, traveler and migration management challenges.

This issue was written prior to the atrocities in Paris at the weekend. BORDERPOL would like to extend its sympathies to the victims and families of all acts of terrorism in Paris and around the world

SAVE THE DATES 4th World BORDERPOL Congress 8th-10th December 2015 The Hague, Netherlands www.world-borderpol-congress.com

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BORDERPOL’s 3rd Workshop held in Budapest

by Zágon Csaba, Ph.D., Deputy Head of the European Secretariat The European Secretariat of the World Border Organisation arranged its 3rd Workshop in Budapest. Thanks for the host institute, the National University of Public Service (NUPS), organisers delivered an excellent atmosphere for discussions of professionals from the fields of border security and migration issues.

Col. Zoltán Szabó, Director of European Secretariat and Mr. Louis-Lyonel Voiron, Director of Strategic Development of BORDERPOL opened the event on behalf of the organisers.

Welcome speeches were held by Brig. Gen. Gábor Kovács, Ph.D. vice rector of NUPS on behalf of the host institute and Col. Géza Horváth, director of the International Law Enforcement Cooperation Centre on behalf of the Hungarian National Police.

The Board of Directors of BORDERPOL previously decided the focus of the event and it became the crises and their impact on security and border security. However at the end of 2014, Europe showed us its very different side from the current situation. Although Europe had certain migration flows earlier, no one could have expected that ten thousands of asylum seekers would be on their way towards their destinations in the summer season, and at the beginning of the autumn for the prospect of a more secure and better life.

While the responsible European border security and immigration agencies have been facing huge challenges and massive expectations, they also play significant role in the management of the consequences as well. Simply, the masses can pose difficulties, notwithstanding the security risks inherent by malice individuals and gangs attempting to gain profit from thousands of poor people.

The original focus was finely tailored right before the event according to the latest developments. Certain topics included survey the reasons for the massive increase in number of refugees ascending to Europe, and the occurrences of masses seeking and developing possible answers how such challenges may be managed.

To reach these goals remarkable foreign and local experts analysed the topics from multiple approaches. Maj.

Gen. János Isaszegi, Ph.D. gave a crosscutting analysis on the changes in the security situation in Northern Africa, the Middle East and in Ukraine. At these theatres he predicted long term conflicts and crises management efforts with possible worsening scenarios. He also raised the attention of political decision makers, threat responders and stakeholders from the refugee crisis management sector that global trends indicate the relevance of proxy wars of interests moreover the unclosed conflicts with ineffective crisis management that certainly increases the number of refugee camps and masses of refugee circulation worldwide.

The Arabist expert and Ph.D. candidate Mr. Dániel Sógor in his keynote presentation focused on the concepts on the western media and common-thinking regarding the general chaos in the Arab World since 2010. This is widely known as ‘Arab Spring’ and is being presented as a genuine local chain of movements aiming to topple authoritarian regimes and bringing about democratic transition and political, social and economical development. In reality, as he pointed out, this was a form of western political penetration using international and local actors. For a clear assessment, there are too many pseudo facts originating from non-Arabic speaking media that most people from the western hemisphere simply take into consideration at least, if not deeply believe in it. He raised a series of untold and outstanding questions provoking workshop participants to make them involve in the analysis.

The former Director General of the Lithuanian Customs, Ambassador Rimutis Klevečka, special envoy for border management from the Republic of Lithuania collided border management models developed by international players dealing with aspects of border security. The scope of analysis included 5 models where he studied which concept is better suited to civilian crisis management.

The national crisis management block of the workshop contained a situation assessment by the head of the Hungarian Border Enforcement Department, Col. László Balázs, dr. and the Austrian police attaché, Mag. Andreas Nagy, who analysed the situation from their point of view concerning the chain of migrant flow and highlighted their key dilemmas through excellent questions. The former commodore of the Hellenic

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Cost Guard and Frontex expert Mr. Kostas Karagatsos held a cutting-edge presentation on the challenges Greek authorities are facing in the Eastern basin of the Mediterranean on a daily basis. Ms. JUDr. Alexandra Zvalová from the Slovakian Police Academy examined the impact occurred by foreigners on the criminality in Slovakia. Mr. Neil Walker, Director of Programs and Events of BORDERPOL raised the attention in his presentation to the role of the media concerning the interpretation of the refugee crisis.

Sharp spotlight was put on the law enforcement and investigation block. This included an assessment how Europol’s role dominates the joint fight against facilitated illegal migration and smuggling in human beings by Col. Zoltán Nagy, head of Europol’s Operational Coordination Services. The head of counter illegal migration crime project of the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT), Lt.Col. Giovanni Santoro allowed deep insight in the coordinated law enforcement efforts of the member states, and how European Policy Cycle supports these.

Workshop participants received a detailed overview on the southeast European situation from the representative of SELEC, Lt.Col. Gábor Liczkai. The delegate of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee Lt. Denis Helmers summarised the challenges of law enforcement intelligence in the respective segment. Lt.Col. Gábor Balog from the National Investigation Bureau held a very informative presentation on the current state of play and their results in the priority investigation cases against serious organised crime publicly known due to the extensive media attention. Workshop participants were also pleased to follow the interactions between the front line investigation expert, and Europol’s and SELEC’s delegate that proved extensively the essential role of international cooperation in these cases.

and Ms. Oksana Nazarchuk from the OSCE both returning contributors to our workshops. The IOM’s presentation dealt with the changing refugee situation in Europe and OSCE’s representative explained their border security concept and how they can provide assistance through tools, mechanisms, capacity building projects and training programmes at their Border Management Staff College. Ms. Ilona Szuhai from the Immigration Department of the NUPS analysed the previous 4 years developments in the Turkish refugee situation and Assoc. Prof. Ilona Bodonyi dealt with the societal causes and consequences as well as the reasons of the European failures in refugee integration. Prof. István Szilárd the Head of Infectology and Migration Health Department of the University of Pécs identified the risks masses of refugees might pose to the potential host societies. His presentation was followed with high attention due to recent contradictory media interpretations on the possible link between refugees and infectious diseases. He pointed out that the risks practically do not exist concerning the tropical sicknesses, however there is certain risk of reoccurrence of vaccine preventable diseases due to the vulnerability of migrating unvaccinated masses originating from areas of armed conflicts where health systems cannot operate.

On the same basis those European countries may have elevated risk exposure where the vaccination rate is relatively low.

At the end of the event Mr. László Imre, Marketing Director of the Fercom Systems Ltd. that sponsored the workshop, held a presentation on the modern technologies involving all road border patrol vehicles, air reconnaissance drones and other technical equipment developed for law enforcement use against illegal migration and cross border crime.

All feedbacks were very positive on the workshop. Although the topic has extremely been schematised and influenced deeply by on-going political disputes, many participants assessed the workshop as ‘cosy and very open atmosphere for discussions of professionals’.

Within the block dedicated to international organisations and societal and health challenges we welcomed Mr. Balázs Lehel from the International Organization for Migration (IOM),

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Borders and Coast Guard Officers train with BORDERPOL Borderpol is an international organisation whose mission is to promote improved international borders by working with border security agencies to enhance human mobility whilst at the same time achieving traveller safety and the improved security of border control systems.

In May of this year, Charles Stevens, a Borderpol representative and an international expert in Travel Document Security, delivered an eight module course in Document Security and Document Fraud Detection to a group of senior officers of the Borders and Coastguard Agency (BCA).

The course covered travel and identity document security, assessment of travellers from a security and border control perspective and methods of detecting document fraud.

Lectures covered a range of fraud methods encountered at border controls and security check points ranging from detecting impostors, impersonators using unaltered documents of other people, to the detection of forgeries, documents that have been tampered with and altered, and detection of counterfeits and total replications of real documents. The course focussed on demonstrating international standards for travel documents and in showing the range of document security safeguards that states can use to secure their documents. It also showed the students how to examine suspect documents to determine whether they are genuine or not. In addition, the course looked at equipment and technical tools that can be deployed to detect fraud at the front line controls at any of our entry control points.

The course was organised with Borderpol by BCA Training Manager Andrew Victor and participants included Managers and Senior Borders and Coastguard Officers.

Mr Stevens praised the Borders and Coastguard Agency for the professionalism and skill levels of its staff and said “The Borders and Coastguard Agency officers are committed to developing the capability of front line staff to combat and detect document fraud while facilitating the speedy passage of genuine passengers through Gibraltar’s border controls.”

For his part, Andrew Bonfante the Chief Executive of the Borders and Coastguard Agency said “At the Agency we strive to ensure our officers are trained to the highest of standards in all aspects which are important to our everyday work. This course is part of a planned and progressive immigration training programme developed to ensure our officers can provide Gibraltar the best service possible.”

to secure the EU’s external borders due to the migrant crisis.

Ahead of a meeting in Berlin he urged the German government to take more of a leadership role.

Tusk suggested in an article for the German newspaper “Welt Am Sonntag” that Berlin may need to play a leadership role in ensuring the EU’s external borders are properly protected. His message to Chancellor Angela Merkel was that the EU’s security needs may be different from Germany’s.

“I understand if Germany, for historical reasons has difficulty, implementing a strict regime on its (own) borders,” he was quoted as saying.

But the EU Council President said “Germany’s leadership responsibility within the EU also requires it to protect the external European borders decisively if necessary, in accordance with pan-European unity.”

Tusk was full of praise for the readiness of the German government to accept hundreds of thousands of migrants, describing Berlin’s action as “the most liberal and tolerant in European history.”

Tusk was due to hold talks on Sunday evening with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as he faced pressure from East European countries for Brussels to better police the 28-nation bloc’s external borders - and not just focus on the reception of new refugees.

Germany has seen 758,000 asylum-seekers arrive between January and October this year, which has caused a political backlash for Merkel.

EU leaders are due to attend a fifth migrant crisis summit following the EU-Africa conference in Malta on Wednesday. The discussion is also expected to focus on migration.

On the agenda, will be the implementation of a scheme to distribute 160,000 refugees within the EU, increased cooperation with Turkey and the setting up of transit zones to process asylum applications faster at the bloc’s external borders.

European Council President Donald Tusk calls on Germany to help secure EU border

Tusk is also due to call for a greater global response to the crisis at the G20 summit in Turkey in mid-November.

EC President Donald Tusk has called for Germany to do more

[Source: Deutsche Welle]

As many thousands of migrants enter Europe by crossing the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, the EU’s external borders are seen as being too porous.

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Tighter Dutch border controls net 41 people smugglers Dutch border police have arrested 41 people for people smuggling since controls were tightened up in mid-September, RTL news says on Monday. The RTL report did not state how many people were being smuggled into the country by the suspects when they were caught, nor where they were picked up. Border controls on roads, at airports, international trains and waterways have been stepped up since September 17 as part of Dutch efforts to stop asylum seekers being smuggled into the country. In 2015 as a whole, 160 people were arrested for people smuggling.

Junior justice minister Klaas Dijkhoff went public with the new arrest figures during a visit to the Hazeldonk border area between the Netherlands and Belgium. Before controls were stepped up, spot checks turned up three smugglers a week, the minister said. That figure has now more than doubled to seven.

Dijkhoff also said on Monday that 1,800 people had requested asylum in the Netherlands last week. This is up 100 on the previous week.

Indo-Tibetan border police to create 50 new posts along border with China Aiming to bolster its presence along the India-China border, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police has said it will create over 50 new posts and deploy about 8,000 fresh troops along the sensitive frontier even as it disapproved of becoming “warmongers” in the wake of several incursions taking place.

ITBP Director General Krishna Chaudhary, during the annual press conference on the eve of the forces’ 54th Raising Day on Tuesday, said while he does not deny that incidents of transgression have taken place due to difference of perception of the border between ITBP-Army and the Chinese PLA, his agenda for the deployment of his force at this border was to guard it and not to wage war.

“We must not become warmongers. The objective is peace.

The objective is not to fight a war but to guard (this border).

All our neighbours are our friends and we want to enhance friendship with them. The perception that we are going to war (due to recent standoffs between the two sides) is not correct. There is no call for a major concern,” the ITBP chief told reporters in New Delhi.

He said making “provocative statements” is not something that they want to do and India wants to have friendly relations with all its neighbours.

While refusing to share the number of border transgressions that took place in the last year, Director General Chaudhary

revealed that the force was building up its strengths by creating more border posts and inducting smart weatherproof facilities in these areas prone to snow blizzards and blinding storms.

“We have established six new border posts in Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh this year. In eight posts in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh we have augmented facilities and troops strength during the same period,” he said.

Director General Chaudhary said the force has also got a defence approval for setting up of a total of 52 new border posts in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim and ITBP was “on the verge” of getting the final government sanction for the creation of these fortified locations.

The force will deploy eight battalions (about 8,000 personnel) to man these new posts.

“We have also requested the government to sanction us 10 new battalions so that we can have more units for rest and recuperation as most of our border guarding troops serve in extremely hard areas and icy conditions,” the Director General said.

[Source: First Post]

Migrants facing long waits to cross Greece’s border with FYROM Migrants are facing long waits to cross Greece’s border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) after a four-day ferry strike ended, easing a bottleneck on the country’s eastern Aegean islands, where the vast majority of people arrive from nearby Turkey.

Police said 6,950 people crossed the border in the last day up to Monday morning, while thousands more were hoping to cross Monday as waiting times were reaching 18 hours.

About 4,500 people were waiting in a queue of 90 buses early Monday morning, while another 1,500 were waiting in tents that have been set up in the Idomeni border area. Unseasonably warm weather meant conditions were good.

FYROM authorities, following the standard practice of the past few months, were allowing groups of 50 people to cross every 10 to 15 minutes.

Syrian Raafat Lord, 23, from Aleppo, said his group had been waiting in “buses for 12 hours and another three hours in the tents.”

The camp has been set up on the border to provide facilities for those waiting, including tents, food, water, showers and areas for mothers with young babies. Donated clothes are also available.

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Police detain 20 ISIS suspects in Antalya ahead of G20 summit, 41 others deported

accredited visitors will be granted access to the area. Türker said they installed more than 350 new cameras, license plate and facial recognition systems in the area to prevent unauthorized access.

Coast Guard boats will be deployed off the coast to prevent any security threats from the sea. Officials are also considering establishing a no-fly zone over the area.

Since the deadly twin Ankara bombings, authorities have intensified the fight against ISIS and detained dozens of suspects in raids across the country.

An official reportedly said 20,000 people have been banned from crossing the Syrian border in an effort to prevent foreign fighters from entering Syria through Turkey. In late June the official number for those deported by Turkish authorities was 1,350.

Police detained 20 ISIS suspects in a Mediterranean resort in Antalya ahead of the G20 summit. Additionally, 41 other people were deported after being detained at Istanbul’s Atatürk International Airport. Turkey has been on the hunt for ISIS militants since a twin suicide bombing at a peace rally in Ankara on Oct. 10 killed 102 people and wounded around 500, the worst such attack in the country’s history.

The summit will take place on Nov. 15-16 and provide a major security test for Turkey. This will be the first G20 summit in Turkey since it assumed the G20 revolving presidency last year.

The Istanbul Security Directorate’s Counterterrorism and Intelligence branch says its officers detained 40 Moroccans and a Syrian national who arrived at the city’s Atatürk International Airport from Casablanca.

Belek, a popular vacation resort in southern Turkey, is preparing to host some of the world’s most important leaders. A favorite Mediterranean destination of both foreign and domestic tourists, Serik in Antalya will house the 13,000 visitors attending the G20 Summit.

The hotels housing the summit’s attendees will be separated from the rest of the neighborhoods and only

Ankara has been doing its part to identify and stop potential foreign fighters seeking to cross the border to Syria to join ISIS despite little cooperation in intelligence sharing with its Western allies. As part of efforts, the police force has tightened security at transfer points such as airports, terminals, bus stations and rental car companies.

The police have done so by employing a special risk analysis system and a team tasked with tracking suspicious foreigners who travel to Turkey for the first time and minors who have made no hotel reservations.

Regarding accusations that Turkey’s border security is subpar, sources said Turkey shares a 1,300-kilometer border with Iraq and Syria, which is difficult to control.

Nevertheless, sources say that the Turkish Land Forces Command patrols the land border 24 hours a day with drones and reconnaissance aircraft. Furthermore, it has installed lights on a 270-kilometer stretch of the Syrian border; renewed a 1,210-kilometer patrol route; started digging 363 kilometers of trenches and building 90 kilometers of wire fences, 68 kilometers of embankments and 7 kilometers of concrete walls. Sources stated that more than 48,000 border crossings were intercepted, and 175,000 people were caught since 2011.

France imposes border controls amid UN summit terror fears France is to reinstate controls on its borders – normally open to other countries in Europe’s free-travel zone – for the period around a major UN climate conference in Paris.

Authorities are on alert for violent protesters as well as potential terror attacks around the conference, which runs from 30 November to 11 December.

Some 80 heads of state, including US president Barack Obama, and tens of thousands of other people are expected in Paris for the conference opening.

French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the controls would be in place for a month “in the context of terrorist threats that could come and stain this large international gathering that is carrying a grand message for humanity”.

Europe’s so-called Schengen zone of countries with open borders allows for the occasional reintroduction of internal border checks, which some countries have done amid this year’s migrant crisis.

France submitted a note to European Union authorities last month announcing border checks at all airports with

international flights and at 131 land crossings with Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

The French note cites Schengen rules allowing controls “when there is a serious threat to public policy”.

France suffered deadly attacks by Islamic extremists in January on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery. Since then, the country has seen several other smaller attacks or attempts, including when a heavily armed Islamic radical was prevented by young American passengers from attacking a high-speed train in August.

DHS to tighten security on flights headed to U.S. after Russian plane crash The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that security measures will be stepped up for some commercial flights bound for the U.S. following the crash of a Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula last week.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh C. Johnson announced the plan for added security “out of an abundance of caution” while investigators continue to probe whether a bomb may

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have been responsible for bringing down the plane and killing all 224 people on board.

Though he did not offer specifics, Mr. Johnson said the precautionary efforts would involve “commercial flights bound for the United States from certain foreign airports in the region.” The security enhancements will include expanded screening of items on airplanes, airport assessments conducted with international partners, and assistance to foreign airports related to aviation and airport security.

The announcement comes the same day that Russia announced it would suspend all flights to Egypt until security is improved at Egyptian airports.

The Metrojet Airbus 321-200 crashed 23 minutes after takeoff from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday.

“While there are no direct commercial air flights from Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt to the United States, these enhancements are designed to provide an additional layer of security for the traveling public, and will be undertaken in consultation with relevant foreign governments and relevant passenger and cargo airlines,” Mr. Johnson said in a statement issued Friday.

Britain has suspended all U.K. flights to the Sinai Peninsula and Prime Minister David Cameron’s office asserted in a statement that officials “have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device.”

While authorities have not announced any conclusive findings regarding the cause of the crash, media outlets have reported that communications intercepted by American officials has led to the tentative finding that a bomb was planted on the place by the main Sinai-based affiliate of the Islamic State.

Secretary Johnson resumed these awards last year to appropriately recognize the achievements and selfless service of DHS personnel who preserve our freedoms and protect the homeland with integrity, vigilance, and respect.

During the ceremony, Secretary Johnson and Deputy Secretary Mayorkas honored employees for their contributions supporting law enforcement and protection activities including the 70th United Nations General Assembly and the historic visit of Pope Francis to the United States, promoting an equal and diverse work environment, and helping the Department eliminate waste and combat fraud.

Plans to make trans-Tasman border clearance easier New Zealand Customs and the Australian Border Force signed a Statement of Intent in Canberra yesterday to support supply chain security and enhance trade facilitation between the two countries.

ICE recognized for its achievements and selfless service in numerous award categories at Secretary’s Awards Ceremony U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) received awards in nearly every category of the 2015 Secretary’s Awards that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and DHS component leaders presented Nov. 3 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Both agencies have agreed to work towards a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA), which is a formal arrangement between customs agencies that recognises each other’s supply chain security programmes. Members of these programmes enjoy a commercial advantage, with fewer border checks and speed to market for export

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products An MRA will allow traders from both countries that meet the required standards to access the trade facilitation benefits of both programmes. This also provides border agencies greater end-to-end assurance over the imports and exports.

Australian Comptroller-General of Customs Roman Quaedvlieg says Australia’s first MRA is an important step in delivering a mutually beneficial outcome that increases both Australia’s and New Zealand’s contributions to international supply chain security and trade facilitation.

“The Australian Trusted Trader programme is progressing well through its pilot phase. The MRA with New Zealand Customs will increase the success of the fully operational programme from July 2016.

“We look forward to continuing to work with New Zealand Customs to facilitate trade between our countries”.

NZ Customs Comptroller Carolyn Tremain says both agencies already share a close partnership, and the MRA will underpin the trusted trader programmes in the two countries.

Nor did he specify where along the long border, which includes the Andes mountain range and large swaths of thick Patagonian forest, other than to say it was in the “southern” part of the country.

Guzman is head of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. He has twice escaped maximum-security prisons, most recently in July.

US border agency staff rejects body cameras for agents, citing cost, terrain Customs and Border Protection staff concluded after an internal review that agents and officers shouldn’t be required to wear body cameras, positioning the nation’s largest law enforcement agency as a counterweight to a growing number of police forces that use the devices to promote public trust and accountability.

“We’ve been working with Australia as they develop a trusted-trader programme, and there should be a close alignment between their programme and our own Secure Export Scheme.

“Joint work will start soon on an MRA. Recognition will benefit trusted trans-Tasman traders by reducing clearance times and making customs processes easier,” Ms Tremain says.

Ms Tremain says work on the MRA is expected to conclude

by June next year, and it will come into effect shortly after.

To conclude an MRA, New Zealand and Australia will need to undertake a comparison of each other’s programme.

Argentina beefs up border after tip about fugitive drug capo Argentina’s top security official says the government is acting on a tip that fugitive Mexican drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could be in the South American nation.

Security Minister Sergio Berni says authorities “received information that ‘El Chapo’ tried to cross the ChileanArgentine border.”

Berni said Friday that extra federal agents were being sent to the border while the information was being analyzed. He did not elaborate on the source or nature of the tip.

The yearlong review cited cost and a host of other reasons to hold off, according to two people familiar with the findings who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been made public. It found operating cameras may distract agents while they’re performing their jobs, may hurt employee morale, and may be unsuited to the hot, dusty conditions in which Border Patrol agents often work.

The findings, in an August draft report, are subject to approval by Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, who last year announced plans to test cameras at the agency that employs roughly 60,000 people.

The staff report doesn’t rule out body cameras but questions their effectiveness and calls for more analysis before they are widely distributed.

Customs and Border Protection said Friday that it has been transparent about its body camera effort from the start,

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providing regular public updates.

“The draft report referenced is a dated version that does not reflect the agency’s deliberations over the past months or conclusions of CBP leadership,” it said in a statement.

From the start, Kerlikowske was noncommittal on whether to introduce body cameras to roughly 21,000 Border Patrol agents who watch thousands of miles of borders with Mexico and Canada, and to roughly 24,000 Customs and Border Protection officers who manage official ports of entry.

“Putting these in place, as you know, is not only complicated, it’s also expensive,” the former Seattle police chief said at a news conference last year. “We want to make sure we do this right.”

The use of police body cameras is still in its infancy, with no count for how many of the 18,000 state and local departments have turned to them. But dozens of agencies across the country are testing the cameras after unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, unleashed criticism of police tactics, and many departments have plans to roll them out more broadly.

Refugee Wave With 30,000 People Coming to Croatian Borders Due to a strike in Greece, the influx of refugees to Croatia has been weaker in recent days than in the last two months.

However, the strike has now ended, ferries from Greek islands have again started arriving to Greek mainland, and there are thousands and thousands of people on their way first to Serbia and then to Croatia. Croatian Interior Ministry has confirmed that there are around 30,000 migrants who should start coming to the Croatian border.

“According to our information, there are more than 10,000 refugees approaching Serbia. They will first be registered in Preševo, and then transported to the railway station in Šid, from where they will arrive in Slavonski Brod in Croatia”, said Ivica Jović, commissioner for refugees and migrants of the Municipality of Šid in Serbia. The Serbian side will keep the refugees in several reception centres in order to avoid the gathering of too many people at the train station, which could lead to disorder. Croatian police say it has not called up additional manpower because it believes that the existing police forces can do everything which is necessary.

Since the beginning of the migration crisis, 335,130 migrants and refugees have entered Croatia.

Money from the crisis funds which the European Commission has approved for Croatia, worth in total about 16.4 million euros, will be used primarily to cover the costs of the current crisis, which are approximately two million kuna a day. In addition to the accommodation and transport of migrants, the total sum includes additional costs as well, like overtime pay for police officers. The remaining part of the funds will be allocated to cover the costs of new refugees coming to Croatia.

Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar said that he will guard the border with wire fences, the police and the army, and that “it is not just a hypothetical option”. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the establishment of “safe zones” in Afghanistan to which migrants would be returned. Members of AFD organization protested yesterday in Germany against immigrants, while German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said that “Syrians would be receiving subsidiary protection rather than asylum”. This would mean that they would be granted a stay of one year, without bringing any family members.

His statement was immediately criticized by some. “It has really become too much. Instead of helping municipalities and cities in solving the problems with refugees, De Maiziere is suggesting reckless ideas”, Vice President of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Ralf Stegner said for NDR. The Ministry of Interior has immediately denied any such plans, but observers believe that De Maiziere’s statement is a “trial balloon”, launched only a day after a painstakingly negotiated compromise on refugee policy guidelines was adopted by the presidents of the parties of

the ruling coalition. Germany plans to as quickly as possible reject all the refugees coming from those countries which are assessed to be safe.

Malaysia forms new Border Security Agency On November 2nd the administrative operations of Border Security Agency (BSA) starts today, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said the formation of BSA was timely to address the issues of goods smuggling and human trafficking in the country.

“More than 1,200 ‘porous’ borders have been identified in Peninsula Malaysia alone. There could be more smuggling spots in the borders of Sabah and Sarawak.

connects Sweden and Denmark, and ferry terminals in southern Sweden. The border controls came at the request of Sweden’s Migration Agency and can be extended for 20day periods.

About 20,000 cars travel the Öresund Bridge daily so not all cars will be checked, Swedish border police head Patrik Engström said.

“We’re not going to control all who are traveling across the border, but there is going to be a mainly randomized selection,” Engström told Sweden’s The Local. “There are certain traffic intensive areas, like the Öresund Bridge, where we cannot check everyone.”

“About RM5billion of subsidised goods have been smuggled out and the Customs were unable to collect the tax. This is a big loss to the country and we need proactive measures to address these issues.” he said after chairing the high level committee meeting on the set up of BSA. He said BSA was a rebranding and upgrading of Anti-Smuggling Unit (UPP) in a bid to strengthen and improve the border security and regulatory.

The agency could also be a vehicle to enhance the border management and to draft a specific act that outlines clearer regulations and scopes of purview. “Electronic devices including the use of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles will be used to beef up security along the country’s borders.” he added. Zahid, who is also Home Minister, had announced in September that the UPP would be upgraded into BSA. He said the new entity involving three core agencies namely police, Immigration Department and Customs Department, would also involve several other enforcement agencies.

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Sweden sets up border controls amid refugee crisis Sweden introduced temporary border controls to cope with an increase in the flow of migrants.

The Swedish government said it implemented the 10-day border controls because a surge in new arrivals in the ongoing European migrant crisis has threatened public order.

The border checks began on the Öresund Bridge, which

Migrants going to Sweden must now either return to the country they came from or seek asylum in Sweden. For those who planned to go through Sweden to reach a final destination, they must choose a different route.

Swedish police now have the authority to stop and check the identity of anyone crossing the border, where previously they could only do so if criminal activity was suspected. Nearly 200,000 migrants are expected to reach Sweden in 2015.

At a summit in Malta where the European Union agreed to establish a $1.93 billion fund to help Africa tackle the “root causes of irregular immigration, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said the migrant crisis affected the EU collectively.

“This is not an issue for one or two or three countries -- this is an issue for the whole European Union,” Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said at the Malta talks. “We need another system -- that is obvious.”

About 52 percent of the estimated more than 750,000 migrants that have entered European Union member states are Syrians, followed by migrants from Afghanistan (19 percent), Iraq (6 percent) and Eritrea (5 percent). About 65 percent of migrants are men, 20 percent are children and 14 percent are women.

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Looking for leaders with hearts and spines Join us for developing co-operation and collaboration through high level discussions and presentations on the future for border protection and management.

As 2015 it may be We look forward to hurtles welcoming you toforward The Hague, Netherlands on 8 -10 will December 2015 for the next gathering of border and migration management professionals. reflected in history as the year that www.world-borderpol-congress.com dysfunctional migration management systems in Europe and the Americas collapsed.

The world press has reported accurately on the worst results of this collapse.

It is deeply distressing to see human beings dying in deserts, drowning at sea or run over by trains simply because they seek a better existence. Today’s senior policy makers appear to be unable or unwilling to enforce existing border and migration management laws.

Consequently there is a systemic cynicism held by many that border security and migration management organizations are incapable of seriously getting to grips with the problem and that workable strategic solutions don’t exist. It is equally troubling to witness the dithering by lawmakers in source, transit and target states who are proving not to lack the intestinal fortitude to enforce the migration control and refugee determination rules that they have been elected to manage.

In today’s saturated social media world solutions to border security and migration management are not to be found in jingoist and populist posts. Everyone reading this knows that border security, traveler/migration management is a complex science. It is however not an insurmountable challenge.

Border security, traveler/migration management failures are in large measure the result of more than two decades of continual advocacy based legal/policy adjustments, expansive organizational mergers and constant operational tinkering by government leaders all attempts to meet populist approval for their actions. The result has been a global trend that has seen national border systems atrophy to point of dysfunction. Such polices have miserably failed a large swath of humanity on the move who have ended up poor, displaced, dispossessed or dead. th

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At one end of the border security and migration management spectrum there are those who believe that a global open borders policy is the humanist panacea for solving the today’s migration/refugee crisis.

At the other end of the spectrum there are those who believe that building physical walls around their communities will solve the problem.

The fact of the matter neither of these approaches is feasible for social, economic and legal reasons. Somewhere in between these extremes lay a complex, workable, effective and frankly difficult series of solutions.

At BORDERPOL we firmly believe that there are legally as well as morally acceptable solutions to the globally expanding migration crisis. It requires a assemblage of leaders with the heart to deal with the issue when the most vulnerable human beings are involved and the spine to enforce the very rules they enact or manage to ensure the viability of civil societies.

As the crisis expands there is an immediate need to bring together such extraordinary men and women. Lives are literally at risk as is the peace, security and good order of civil societies along the migration routes orchestrated by primarily by organized criminality. The global migration and refugee crisis is only eclipsed by challenges being faced by the faltering world economy.

That is why BORDERPOL continues to develop and deliver programs and special events, both public and private with the leaders of like-minded governments, industry and academia in the Americas, Asia and in Europe. We are extremely proud to hold the annual World BORDERPOL Congress, now into its fourth Edition and taking place December 8-10, 2015 in The Hague, Netherlands.

On behalf of the management and staff I cordially invite you to join us in The Hague and be part of the progressive border security and migration management community.

Thomas A. [Tom] Tass Director General BORDERPOL

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Programme Global Shield: Countering illegal crossborder diversion of explosive precursors Jeffrey Wickett, PGS Manager, World Customs Organisation (WCO) Analysis of Border Management Situation in Central Asia and possible global implications Goran Stojkovski, Border Management Officer, OSCE Office in Tajikistan

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2:00pm – 3:30pm OPENING KEYNOTE

Chair: Tom Tass, Director General, BORDERPOL En. K.H.D.M. (Klaas) Dijkhoff, State Secretary of Security and Justice and Minister for Immigration, The Netherlands H.E. Ambassador Smail Chergui, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, African Union Commission Mjr. Gen. Van Den Brink, Deputy Commissioner, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee 4:00pm – 5:30pm Trafficking: Human, Drug, Contraband and CBRNe

Chair: Louis Voiron, Director of Strategy, BORDERPOL 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?

Challenges and Success in Human and Drug Trafficking in Thailand and ASEAN Police Major General Apichat Suriboonya, Head of INTERPOL NCB Thailand, Commander of Foreign Affairs Division, Royal Thai Police, Thailand

Illegal Immigration and Border Control- The Asian Challenge Vasan Seshadri, Head Strategy and Security Studies, Center for Asia Studies, India

WEDNESDAY 9th DECEMBER 9:00am – 10:30am Plenary Session – Land Borders: The Challenges and Solutions

Chair: Zoltan Szabo, European Secretariat, BORDERPOL 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?

David Parradang, Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria New challenges and threats on Borders in Central Asia Major General Rajab Makhmadaliev, Deputy Commander of Tajik Border Troops, Tajikistan UAVs in extended land borders Dennis Cosgrove, Head of Border Security Management Unit, OSCE Police Quaestor Bogdan Mihail Ivanescu, Deputy General Inspector, Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Inspectorate of Border Police & General Marcel Opris, Director Special Telecommunications Service, Romania 11:15am – 12:30pm Workshops Closed Agency Workshop – Controlling Departures and Pre-Clearance for Airport/Port Security

Chair: Royal Netherlands Marechaussee 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?

- Senior Representative, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee - Ros Anchors, Assistant Director and Margaret Matthews, Senior Carrier Account Managers, Border Systems Portfolio - Border Force UK

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Breakout Session – Big Data and Cross Border Cyber Crime

Breakout Session – Controlling Departures and PreClearance

Chair: Tom Tass, Director General, BORDERPOL

Chair: Peter Vincent, Director Counselor International Policies, BORDERPOL

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?

– Ricardo Baretzky, President, CYBERPOL – Krum Garkov, Executive Director, EU-LISA – Chris Brown, VP International, Basis Technology 2:00pm – 3:30pm Plenary Session – Maritime, Port and Coastal Border Security

Moderator: Ken Richardson, Deputy Director General, BORDERPOL 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?

Illegal migration challenges of the Greek Maritime Domain Konstantinos Karagatsos, HCG Commodore (ret.), Hellenic Coast Guard (H.C.G.) Vice Admirial HCS Bisht, Director General, Indian Coast Guard Science and technology for enhanced maritime border security Alessandra Zampieri, Head of Maritime Affairs Unit, European Commission Jay Grant, Secretary General & Director, INTERPORTPOLICE*

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?

– António Beça Pereira, Director General, SEF, Portugal* – Helen Marano, Vice-President of Government & Industry Affairs, WTTC – Exporting the Border – Pre Clearance at Departure Todd Frew, Former First Assistant Secretary of the Visa & Offshore Services Division , Australian Department of Immigration & Ray Batt, Director Business Development, Government and Security Solutions, SITA

5.30pm- 7.00pm Networking Reception

THURSDAY 10th DECEMBER 9:00am – 10:30am Plenary Session – Curtailing the Movement of International Terrorists and Criminals

Chair: Tony Smith, Director of International Relations, BORDERPOL 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? This session follows BORDERPOL’s September Conference in Washington DC and highlights some of the discussions.

Royce Walters, Deputy Director, INTERPOL Washington Mark Singleton, Director, International Centre for CounterTerrorism (ICCT), Netherlands Doug Gilmer, Deputy Director, FBI National Joint Terrorism Task Force, USA

4:15pm – 5:30pm Workshops Closed Agency Workshop – Trends in trafficking drugs, people, counterfeit goods

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Is the New United Nations Agenda covering Legal Identity for All by 2030 in Harmony with Global Security Requirements?

Sanjay Dharwadker, Head of Global ID Consultancy practice, WCC Smart Search & Match

What are the latest and developing trends in cross border criminal activities, that substantially damage and harm a country’s/region’s security. How can intelligence and information be shared to enhance upstream collaboration in the fight against organised criminal activities?

– Florian Forster, Head, Immigration and Border Management Division, International Organisation for Migration – Thomas Tass, Director General, BORDERPOL

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11:15am – 12:30pm Workshops Closed Agency Workshop – Information Sharing, Cyber Crime and Data Sharing

Chair: Royal Netherlands Marechaussee 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?

– Wil van Gemert, Deputy Director and Head of the Operations Department, EUROPOL – Alexey Lvovitch Lyzhenkov, Director, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE* – Ricardo Baretzky, President, CYBERPOL Breakout Session – Speeding Up the Screening Process: Trusted Travelling, Profiling, Programs and Solutions

Chair: Ken Richardson, Operations Director, BORDERPOL 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?

- Maik Rudolf, EasyPASS Project Manager, German Federal Police - Facilitation Applications for Aviation Security Eric Kaler, Director of Security, Hawaiian Airlines - The need for Integrated Travel Solutions for secure passport information management Catherine Fankhauser, Sales Director ISS – Identity Security Solutions, SICPA SA, Switzerland 2:00pm – 3:30pm Plenary Session – The Future of Border Management

Chair: Tony Smith, International Liaison Director, BORDERPOL 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, eGates, eVisas, 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?

Unknown versus Trusted Travellers Hans de Moel, Policy Officer, Royal Netherlands Marechuassee, Netherlands

Future Technologies In the Integrated Checkpoints Command Clarence Yeo, Chief Commissioner, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Singapore ROP Secure Borders for the Future Major Issa Al Shaibi, Passenger Information Centre Manager, Royal Oman Police The Future of Border Management Jan Wille, Principal – Border Management Expert, PWC Strategy& 3.30pm – 4:00pm Congress Round-Up and Close 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

Registration for the 4th World BORDERPOL Congress You can 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.

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How to Book Your Special Room Rate In order to take advantage of this special rate, please book your accommodation by 9th November using the special Hotel Booking Form.

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BORDERPOL Workshop for Agencies only Tuesday 8th December 10:00am-12:00pm

Chaired by Thomas Tass, Director General, BORDERPOL

POLICING DYSFUNCTIONAL BORDERS WORKSHOP Humanity is on the move. Migrants – both regular and irregular – causing great concern in various parts of the world.

How is it possible to manage the neo-liberal policies of most advanced states that ever greater flexibility be exercised regard to their sovereignty, their markets, the free movement of people and goods. This policy requires open borders to human labour that will toil in the offices, farms and factories in wealthy functioning societies.

The contrarian view of that policy brings into sharp focus the proven risks to the transit and target states and the civil communities therein that are overwhelmed by the sheers numbers of migrants that introduces very difficult security risks in the social, economic and cultural lives of the host communities.

Effective border protections based on traditional policies and tactics have been tinkered with since the end of the cold war by western lawmakers in an attempt to create a one size fits all and serves all migrant/traveler screening process.

This has led to a huge unwieldy and bureaucratic system that has been successfully exploited by global criminality. For various legal and cultural reasons the “Crimigration” class is difficult to detect and deter by current international border security, traveler/migration management systems.

The workshop will discuss this trend and participants will be encouraged to think totally outside the box, to propose both policy and tactical solutions.

If you are interested in participating in this ‘Closed Agency Workshop’, please contact Neil Walker, Director of Programs and Events, at neil.walker@borderpol.org in order to obtain clearance to attend.

Networking Reception WEDNESDAY 9th DECEMBER 5.30pm - 7:00pm We invite you to joins us at the end of the Wednesday 9th December for the BORDERPOL Networking Reception in the Residentizaal exhibition area at the Crowne Plaza Den Haag, which will see the border security industry management professionals gather for a more informal reception.

With the opportunity to meet colleagues and peers you can build relationships with senior border agency and security officials in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

The Networking Reception is free to attend and open to industry professionals.

We look forward to welcoming you.

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Agency Focus

By Tony Kingham, Editor, Border Security Matters.

Starting in this issue we will be putting a spotlight on individual agencies, looking at their organization operations and particular challenges they face in what is becoming an ever more challenging border environment. For our first focus we are looking at Gibraltar’s Borders and Coastguard Agency.

Background to the Gibraltar’s Borders and Coastguard Agency The Agency, now in its fourth year of operation, carried out a review of its operations at the airport, land frontier and the port; the review highlighted a number of deficiencies, inherited by the Agency, which it is positively addressing; striving for a more professional, engaged and focused operation.

The review also highlighted the need for professional development, training and management development in particular.

The Government in its continued commitment to providing opportunities for professional development for all staff is supporting the Agency in its effort to address this issue with this and enabling managers at different levels to work towards Chartered Management Institute professional development qualifications.

The agency is working hard to become the focal point for a more centralised immigration service in Gibraltar, working in partnership with other Government

departments and Law Enforcement Agencies to improve the level of immigration service Gibraltar provides.

In the last year alone the Agency has processed well over 12 million people at our borders. In addition, the Government’s initiative to introduce amendments to the Immigration, Asylum and Refugee Act, granting Tourist Visa Waivers to Moroccan, Russian, Chinese, Indian and Mongolian nationals in possession of Schengen visas, has proved extremely successful, and over 20,000 visitors, whom would otherwise not have been able to visit Gibraltar, have done so to date.

shares information with HMG’s Home Office, the UK Borderforce, Spain’s Policia Nacional, Interpol and more recently the Moroccan Immigration Service.

As part of the Government’s programme to make use of information and communication technology more generally, the Agency has been engaged together with other Law Enforcement partners and Government IT contractors in the setting up of a modern fit for purpose IT infrastructure platform for the frontier. The Frontier Management

The Agency works very closely locally with the Royal Gibraltar Police, with whom it is currently operating in partnership a Ports Policing initiative.

Further afield, it works closely and

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Project will be available to the public very soon; it will enable us to access real time land frontier crossing traffic and pedestrian peak time queuing information including cameras, statistics and an improved and digitised land frontier queuing hotline service. In addition, the Agency is also developing its online presence with a Twitter feed (@GibraltarBCA, @gibraltarborder) a Facebook page (Gibraltar Borders and Coastguard Agency) and an interactive webpage (www.gibraltarborder.gi) which amongst other things will enable visitors to apply for visa waivers online, thus improving the visitor experience.

In addition to immigration duties, the Agency carries out aviation and maritime security duties at the airport and port, where it is inspected regularly by HMG’s Department for Transport to ensure compliance with strict EU legislation.

These industries, particularly aviation, are highly regulated, and in order to protect the air and sea transportation of persons and goods, there are established common rules, applicable across the EU, which safeguard against acts of unlawful interference.

The Agency continues to meet the high standards set by the DfT and the EU. The Agency remains committed to improving the service it provides by maintaining a fluid and secure border and protecting against criminal acts that threaten the security of travel

by enforcing the law in partnership with other law enforcement agencies, securing the confidence of travellers, being more professional, engaged and focused and continuing to grow in line with Gibraltar’s economic and social needs in order to keep our home safe and to keep Gibraltar open for business!

We asked Andrew Bonfante MA, Chief Executive, Gibraltar Borders & Coastguard Agency a few questions on behalf of our readers:

and conduct security checks, functions and controls in relation to such places.

We also collect and prepare statistics, data and other information relating to or arising from any of its other duties.

TK: Describe some of the unique features of the Gibraltar Borders and Customs Agency?

AB: Despite our small size, we process in the region of 13 million travellers every year. The majority via a land frontier with Spain with only two vehicle entry lanes and two pedestrian entry lanes.

We also process close to 1 million passengers who need to clear security at either the airport or cruise liner and ferry terminals at our port every year.

We are one of the few organisations that carryout both immigration and passenger, baggage and cargo security checks at our airport and port.

TK: What are the special challenges you face in Gibraltar?

TK: What are the primary functions of the agency?

AB: Our primary o carry out immigration control at points of entry and if so required at exit from Gibraltar; to monitor, investigate and enforce compliance with immigration laws; to carry out passenger, staff, cargo, vehicle and baggage security checks at all air and sea passenger terminals and ports

AB: The fact that we are in Europe but not in Schengen presents us with challenges as travellers arriving at our border with Spain are unaware of the need for travel documentation.

In addition, due to our size we need to be very careful that we have the right procedures in place to control inadmissible persons and or overstayers.

It is very important that we are not seen as a soft underbelly to get into UK. TK: What are the main operational issues, threats and challenges?

AB: Resource management is probably the single biggest challenge that we face on a day to day basis.

TK: Can you outline some of the changes that have been made towards full implementation of integrated border management?

AB: We have invested heavily in training and have introduced NSCIS, passport scanners which interrogate the Interpol watchlists, facial recognition cameras and API.

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European Integration Network (ERIN) The sustainable return and reintegration measures that are provided under the project European Reintegration Network to the Pakistani Nationals who no longer have the legal right to reside in Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway and United Kingdom.

WELDO Established in 2003, with the core returns focus of psychological, social and economic support, WELDO has evolved into an international organization that has provided assistance to thousands of Pakistanis.

As a service provider, WEDLO has extensive experience in handling voluntary and non-voluntary returnees, offering short-term and long-term reintegration support services thus assisting returnees in effective transition and making return and reintegration process more sustainable.

Based on experience with a number of return and reintegration projects, WELDO is in a position to understand and plan the needs and requirements of these individuals, and create an environments for them where their vulnerabilities are safeguarded while ensuring at the same time that they become valuable members of society in both productive and social fields.

ERIN (European Reintegration Network) is a joint return and reintegration

project involving seven European countries (including six member states: the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, the United Kingdom and Norway, which has special status as a non-EU state). ERIN is co-financed by European Union. The objective of ERIN is to provide assistance to the migrants returning to their country of origin in the post arrival reintegration process.

European Partner Institutions (EPIs’): • Dutch Repatriation and Departure Service • Belgian Immigration Office • Belgian Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers • German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees • Finnish Immigration Service • French Office for Immigration and Integration • Norwegian Directorate of Immigration

In the hope of a better financial future for himself, Shahriyar Khan left his job in Pakistan and spent all his life savings to migrate to Belgium in 2011. Shahriyar was disappointed to know that his credentials were not enough to get him a well-paying job in Europe.

When he returned to Pakistan, he found out that he no longer had social or financial support from his parents, no job, and no place to live.

This situation forced him to live with his friend. His main priority was to have his own place and did not want to become burden on anyone.

WELDO team provided him guidance for the reintegration requirements under ERIN. He was assisted in finding a rental house. Now, with the issue of accommodation solved, Shahriyar is focused on finding a job for himself and become financially independent.

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Amir Shahzad went to Germany for a better financial future for his family. He has 6 dependents including his parents, wife and 2 children.

Due to the lack of necessary education, it was difficult for him to find a suitable job upon his return. He had previous experience of dairy farming. Therefore, he decided to set up his own dairy farming business. WELDO multi lingual staff provided him guidance regarding the reintegration requirements in his native language as he was unable to communicate in any other language.

Currently, he is running the business and is quite confident that he will earn good profits for the business.

Like most of the immigrants, Muhammad Razzaq was of the opinion that moving to Europe is the key to successful life. Under this impression, he left his respectable job of teaching and went to Germany. But the situation was not as expected. He could not find job relevant to his education and experience. Therefore, he was disappointed by the situation, and decided to come back to live with his parents (being the only child, he has to take care of them) and utilize his skills and knowledge to educate the youth. But the decision was not easy. His savings had already been spent on going to Europe.

With the support provided under ERIN, he is now able to setup his educational academy and fulfil his vision of providing quality education in Pakistan.

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Tactics, UK Dog Detection Company Fights the Ivory Smugglers in Africa Specialist UK-based detection dog company Wagtail UK and its sister organisation Conservation Dogs have been enlisted to help authorities in Africa catch people trying to smuggle ivory, arms, ammunition, lion and cheetah parts, elephant and buffalo meat..

Wagtail have been providing full project support and consultancy in Gabon and Tanzania, setting up a new dog section and helping with the recruitment and training of new handlers and dogs.

Now, they’re going after the smugglers and poachers.

The contract, awarded earlier this year by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), is helping fight the war on the illicit trade of endangered animals and animal parts.

The ivory trade is booming, with figures suggesting that approximately fifty thousand elephants are being slaughtered annually for their tusks which are then being illegally transferred across African borders, worldwide. Conservation groups have warned that there is an increase in the prevalence of elephant poaching and a subsequent decline in African elephant numbers - fewer than 500,000 elephants roam the continent today.

After China, the U.S. is the world’s second largest market for ivory product sales. Rhino horn is also hugely valuable, with a kilo fetching around £50,000 in the Far East - making it more valuable than cocaine or gold.

In July this year, President Obama

announced legislation to halt the ivory trade, including restrictions on when it can be exported and a ban on the interstate sale of most ivory in the States. When and where implemented, the rule would result in a near total ban on the ivory trade in America.

“This is an issue not just about protecting elephants, but alleviating poverty, spurring economic growth, and fighting off people intent on destroying governments and terrorizing communities,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society, “Here’s a case where protecting wildlife is bound inextricably with core concerns about economic and national security.”

(Time Magazine, July 2015)

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assist in halting this barbaric trade, Wagtail UK’s sister company Conservation Dogs are now taking on the source – the poachers and smugglers themselves – many of whom are supported by terrorist organisations who deal in human trafficking, arms dealing and drugs.

The award-winning company trains dogs to detect ivory, pangolin, lion skull, cheetah skin and other products of animal origin, assisting conservation groups in their activities, aiding the fight against wildlife crime and live animal smuggling.

Collin Singer, founder of Wagtail UK and Conservation Dogs, said: “We’d had great success with our detection work at the borders in Gabon and the opportunity arose to provide our services in Tanzania. We suggested to the client that our dogs could also be trained to track people.

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Dog arsenal is tracker dog Jenny, a 14 month old Malinois Belgian Shepherd who can track the scent of the poachers miles from the scene of a slaughtered animal on a multitude of terrain.

Trained in the UK this last few months, Jenny also specialises in products of animal origin, firearms, weapons and ammunition.

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focusing on tracking the perpetrators themselves, offering a two-pronged initiative to deal with the issue headon,” he said.

Working closely alongside WCS officials in African airports, sea ports and borders, the dogs are trained to search baggage and perform thorough vehicle checks, with the most common finds being the small pangolin mammal.

Adam Vizard, Conservation Dogs’ Operations Manager in Gabon said, “We recently found two pangolins tied together with wire at the tail. They are often kept alive in transit to ensure they are ‘fresh meat’ on arrival at their destination. This is relatively easy as the pangolin is so placid. We untied them and released them back into the wild.”

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It is recognised that these vast African borders are understandably difficult to police, given the nature of the surrounding terrain, but detection dogs are helping to narrow the gap.

Now firmly placed in Gabon and Tanzania, Conservation Dogs are going from strength to strength, Collin says.

“Thanks to the successes we’ve had in Africa to date, we’re already receiving lots of interest from other parts of the world. We’re absolutely committed to the continued protection of borders in the war against the poaching and the organised crime that it funds.”

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Soter Body Scanner Device launched at two locations in Kuwait In September the Kuwait General Administration of Customs launched the use of Soter body scanners

or inserted in the bowels. This will help greatly reduce smuggling using these techniques, noting that only those suspected of smuggling will be checked using this device”.

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Southwest Microwave Expands Capabilities of Model 316 Microwave Sensor Southwest Microwave are promoting enhancements to its INTREPID™ Model 316 Digital Microwave Link highlighting the sensor’s expanded intrusion detection capabilities, nuisance alarm resistance and ability to withstand physical and cyber-tampering or environmental extremes.

The new device uses x-rays and works to uncover any contraband within the human body, and it is expected to contribute to the reduction of smuggled items into the country, especially items that are hidden within the human body.

In an interview with Kuwait Television the Director General of the General Administration of Customs, Khaled Al-Saif said “We are currently undergoing a complete modernization of our systems and procedures using the latest in technology that advances Customs duties. The system initiated today was placed in two locations, one in Kuwait International airport and the other at the passenger terminal at Shuwaikh Sea Port.

The two devices assist in uncovering any contraband such as drugs that have been hidden within the human body, either though ingestion or insertion, which are difficult to detect. In the past the GDFC would transfer the suspected passenger to a hospital and the hospital would have to x-ray the suspect in order to obtain a result. This requires a lot of effort and holds a degree of danger because the suspect is most probably a smuggler who will have to leave the customs jurisdiction to be escorted using the assistance of the Ministry of Interior.

First introduced over a decade ago and successfully protecting critical infrastructure and assets at many of Europe’s most security-sensitive sites, Model 316 now couples Southwest Microwave’s field-proven RF detection technology with its leading-edge INTREPID embedded digital signal processing (DSP), maximizing the sensor’s ability to discriminate between legitimate intrusion attempts and environmental disturbances or other false targets.

Designed for the protection of fence lines, open areas, gates, entryways and rooftop applications, this advanced, all-weather, CE-rated volumetric sensor has a 122-metre detection range and operates at K-band frequency, enabling detection of slow-moving intruders and limiting susceptibility to interference from external radar or other microwave systems. Unique parabolic dish and antenna design assures superior beam control and predictable Fresnel zones, further enhancing probability of detection (PD) and low nuisance alarm rates (NAR).

Offering maximum protection against sabotage, Model 316 is an ideal detection solution for security-sensitive sites such as critical utilities, correctional facilities or

Sheikh Faisal Al Abdullah Al Mubarak Al Sabah - Project Team Manager went on to say “With the development of new technologies to assist us to wage a war on drugs in order to protect our families and friends, we found that the Soter device was the optimum solution to identify whether any suspect that is exposed to the device actually does carry any contraband within his body whether it was ingested

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government / military installations. Heavy duty components and packaging, integrated radome tamper switches and optional steel enclosures for external wiring and connections prevent physical abuse. Integrated EMI/RFI shielding protects sensor electronics against external electromagnetic or RF interference.

Inmarsat and Securiport partner to deliver new border security service Inmarsat and Securiport have announced a new partnership to develop new solutions for civil aviation security, immigration control and border management, which will be made available to government customers around the world.

Border management and security is an increasing challenge for governments in an era of frequent international travel and migration. To address issues of security and disease control, Securiport will combine its proprietary Integrated Immigration Control System (IICS) and Intelligent Information Management System (IIMS), equipped with ground sensor technology, with Inmarsat’s highly robust and reliable, globally available satellite constellations. The new services would be offered in conjunction with the Inmarsat-4 network, used by government and commercial organisations across the world for mission-critical applications, as well as the company’s latest constellation, Global Xpress, which offers true, high-speed broadband connectivity on land, sea and in the air.

For governments, the service will provide access to realtime data analytics and risk management tools virtually anywhere within their territories, while simultaneously providing a comprehensive detection solution for the management of land borders. Inmarsat’s world-leading mobile satellite communications network will enable remote border management operations to be linked in real-time to a country’s national IICS/IIMS, significantly enhancing security and immigration efficiency at the same time.

“We are honoured to join forces with Inmarsat through this strategic collaboration,” said Dr. Attila Freska, Securiport’s Chief Operating Officer. “Through the establishment of this relationship, Inmarsat and Securiport will be uniquely positioned to provide enhanced border security solutions to our government clients and heightened safety for travellers.”

Inmarsat’s President of Global Government, Andy Start, said: “The international government sector is becoming increasingly reliant on new interoperable technologies to

aid in their border protection operations. The Inmarsat Global Government team actively sources marketleading technology providers such as Securiport, to provide integrated and targeted solutions for the specific requirements of the government sector. We are very excited about the relationship with Securiport and the increased capabilities it will bring to our government clients in securing their borders and assets.”

ECIPS and CYBERPOL Implements Evolis ID Security System The ECIPS and CYBERPOL recently adopted the use of the Evolis (ID) system to avoid any unauthorized public copying the CYBERPOL identification tags.

The ECIPS and CYBERPOL recently adopted the use of the Evolis (ID) system to avoid any unauthorized public copying the CYBERPOL identification tags. Several organizations have recognized the important use of the Evolis Technology in recent month in the field of safety and security. Today fraudsters can copy and make almost any identification ID card, but the newly developed encoded and very secure cards for applications such as national identification cards (eID) by Evolis remains revolutionary and makes it difficult to copy any such identification. A must for law-enforcement and Border Security.

The President Ricardo Baretzky of ECIPS said that this technology has been implemented due to the fact that there are many whom pretend to be on the ECIPS and CYBERPOL organizations and, in future, they have to produce their legal issued identification card (ID). He further added and said that its the only way to distinguish between CYBERPOL officials and those who are not.

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Evolis has successfully developed recognized expertise in the field of safety and security with identification card customization and tailor-made printing systems, especially for governmental and para-governmental projects and users.

Evolis solutions allows the issuing of immediately personalized, encoded and very secure identification cards for every type of applications such as national identification cards (eID), driver’s licenses (eDL), voter cards, health insurance cards, high secure identification and access control cards that are almost impossible to fake or copy.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recently implemented the same technology for Refugee ID card issued in for Yemen and hopefully the same system would be used for the Refugee crises management in Europe soon. At present, the DGAC, the French Civil Aviation Authority of France implemented the same technology and had an excellent success rate in the reduction of risks in their access control and identification management program.

The significant difference in the Evolis solution lay with several level of security implemented during the printing of such identification. The technology caters specifically to the growing need for security and fraud control. The technology benefit from high level encoding options and can integrate different personalized high security features in order to prevent all attempts to falsify the cards.

The President of ECIPS said that this technology will ensure that any copying of a CYBERPOL identification becomes practically impossible and will give its audience the surety that the bearer of CYBERPOL ID is indeed the real deal and can be trusted at all times. He urges all border authorities to consider the implementation for this technology for future as it will bring stability in trust to officers that represent migration issues.

The CYBERPOL International Cyber Security Summit will take place on 17th-18th November 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. For further information visit www.ecips.eu/summit.

be used to screen people and materials for explosives at installations around the world. Under terms of the contract, Morpho Detection will provide rapid response and preventative maintenance services to ensure peak performance and maximum uptime. A lightweight, portable desktop system, Itemiser DX can detect traces of explosives on skin, clothing, carried items, bags, vehicles and other surfaces.

“By non-invasively detecting and identifying traces of explosives on a variety of surfaces, Itemiser ETD play an important and growing role in the security screening process,” said Karen Bomba, president and CEO, Morpho Detection. “From government agencies and airports, to air cargo carriers and law enforcement, organizations of all sizes and security needs are recognizing the importance of integrating advanced trace technology into the security screening process.”

Currently approved by seven global regulatory agencies, more than 5,000 Itemiser DX units have been deployed to airport checkpoints, checked baggage and air cargo screening facilities, critical infrastructure and secure locations around the world.

Sonardyne’s Sentinel sonar extends capabilities of Fortem’s Omnipresence 3D security management software Maritime security company, Sonardyne International Ltd, has announced that its market leading Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (Sentinel IDS), can now be used with Omnipresence 3D (O3D), a security management software

Morpho Receives U.S. Government Agency Order for Itemiser DX detectors valued at more than $5M Morpho Detection has announced an order for Itemiser® DX explosives trace detectors (ETD) valued at over $5 million.

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solution developed by Fortem Solutions Inc. of Montreal, Canada.

O3D’s patented technology integrates security sensor data including; CCTV, biometric access control, radar and facial recognition, to provide a unified and immersive 3D situational awareness and Common Operating Picture for high security sites. Following integration with Sonardyne’s Sentinel IDS, O3D now has the capability to display underwater threats approaching sensitive waterside facilities such as naval ports, commercial harbours and critical energy infrastructure.

Sentinel IDS is the security industry’s most widely installed intruder detection sonar, capable of reliably detecting, tracking and classifying divers and underwater vehicles approaching a protected asset. The system’s small, lightweight sonar head can be permanently deployed on the seabed, from a jetty or over the side of a patrol vessel and once configured, can be left to run autonomously. It has a proven low-false alarm rate and can be operated by security personnel with no previous experience of sonar systems.

Sentinel’s system architecture means it can be used as a standalone deterrent or integrated with Command and Control (C2) systems including now Fortem’s Omnipresence 3D. Speaking of why they chose Sentinel over competing swimmer detection technologies, Christian Laforte, President and CEO of Fortem Solutions Inc. said, “Sentinel has an enviable track record for protecting maritime assets, repeatedly proving itself in the most challenging operational environments.” He added, “Combine this with Sonardyne’s expertise in underwater engineering and world-class technical support, and you realise why they were the obvious company for us to partner with.”

Commenting for Sonardyne, Andrew Wood, Sales Manager for North America said, “With the global increase in threats due to terrorism, the enhanced protection of critical national infrastructure has become increasingly important. As many of these facilities.

In a pioneering initiative, a state-of-the-art high security eDocument is being issued to representatives of the European Union, as the Austrian State Printing House (OeSD) has been awarded the implementation of laissez-passer. A key partner of the project, Vision-Box is responsible for the entire biometric and biographic enrollment infrastructure, essential to guarantee quality not only in the personalization and issuance of eDocuments but also throughout the whole lifecycle.

It is the first travel document for EU representatives; it contains the highest security features ever; and it is meant to protect the individual identity of EU employees, reduce forgery and facilitate the identification and verification procedures of EU employees especially outside the EU, hence its name: laissez-passer.

The demanding 9-year project was awarded to the Austrian State Printing House (OeSD) and the partners Vision-Box and X-Infotech, whose joint expertise resulted in the delivery of an integrated set of end-to-end services and solutions.

Starting with a high quality biometric and biographic enrollment, it goes through data preparation, production, personalization, delivery, installation of the life cycle management system, all the way to the maintenance of the deployed systems.

Vision-Box is responsible for the biometric and biographic data capture and processing infrastructure for the laissezpasser enrollment centers, located in three European cities. The process is simple and quick: EU employees have dedicated enrollment units which capture their face photo, fingerprint and digital signature. These units are equipped with user-centric design and interface leading to a positive, quick process, the camera is adjusting automatically to the height of each user and proactively adapting the light necessary for a perfect photo to the environment lighting.

The process takes less than a minute.

First EU eDocument to harmonize international travel of European representatives

RADA’s Tactical Radars Selected by Israeli Ministry of Defense for Protection of Communities on the Southern Border

EU employees are already enrolling their biometric and biographic data at Vision-Box electronic identity management units to get their laissez-passer, the state-ofthe-art, high security eDocument for EU.

RADA Electronic Industries has been selected by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD) to supply its tactical radars for the protection of communities adjacent to Israel’s southern border against short range threats, including fires and aerial

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threats. The company is also expanding its Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR) family, introducing 3 new variants in various sizes and ranges for air & surface surveillance.

The IMoD has recently disclosed the selection of RADA’s MHR-based tactical radars for its national alert system. The radars will detect short-range threats such as UAVs and fires and provide timely lifesaving alerts. Initial orders are for the southern border. RADA’s technology was recognized, through a competitive selection process, as the preferred solution for the operational requirements of this urgent national security project.

ADANI CONPASS Full Body Scanner Reduces International Drug Smuggling Attempts at Casablanca Airport by nearly 50% in less than a year ADANI a specialist security screening developer has reported a radical decrease in attempts to smuggle ingested narcotics through Casablanca airport into Europe after installation of the CONPASS Full Body Screening System for selective screening of transit passengers travelling to Europe.

The CONPASS Full Body Screening system was procured by the Moroccan Police in late 2014 to tackle the issue of drug trafficking through Casablanca airport by detecting drug mules who attempt to smuggle ingested narcotics into Europe from the producing countries in South America and Africa.

“At ADANI we are extremely proud of our equipment having such an impact on the issue of international drug trafficking and will continue to work closely with the end users to ensure that the technology is best suited to meet their goals and objectives. We are continuously investing in the development of new and existing products and therefore making sure that our technology always offers the best detection capabilities and delivers outstanding results to its users,” said Leonid Zelenkevich, ADANI’s Regional Sales Director for Europe and Africa.

The ADANI CONPASS full body screening system offers a higher level of security than other Body Scanners as it identifies the threats and contraband inside, as well as on the body. It is also an instant, safe and efficient solution.

Search and Seizure of Hidden Contraband just became safer!

Optim LLC, a designer and manufacturer of flexible fiberscopes, videoscopes and related products, announced it’s FreedomView LED Videoscope has received certification from Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the leading authority on product safety, for use in Class I, Division 2 Hazardous Locations. FreedomView LED Videoscope complies with UL standards and requirements for nonincendive electrical equipment.

The FV Videoscope allows law enforcement agencies to safely perform visual inspections of vehicles and other areas where contraband may be hidden. The FV Videoscope’s durable and intuitive construction is made for real world conditions with a rugged tungsten shaft, transflective touchscreen display and easy to use control functions.

The FV Videoscope transforms field inspections with its patented, integrated LED light source and sleek, compact handle design. It offers greater flexibility, while providing exceptional light quality and visual clarity to allow a wide range of non-intrusive, non-destructive visual inspection tasks virtually anywhere, quickly and easily.

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