Transportation Security

The concern is that the kickback against facial recognition for law enforcement will spread to travel. Biometrics is such an inherent part of international travel infrastructure that omitting it would likely cause widespread security and logistics issues.

Tamr Government Solutions will broaden the application of the automated solutions it developed to enhance the Open Source Global Travel Assessment System for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

When American Airlines flight 341 to Los Angeles lifted off the tarmac at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport on a cloudy Thursday in mid-March, much of the country was already on coronavirus lockdown.

The Federal government announced on June 12 that nearly 100 million cloth facial coverings will be sent to the aviation, transit, and passenger rail transportation sectors for passenger use.

COVID-19, and measures being taken by countries to control its spread, are impacting crime around the world, including migrant smuggling and human trafficking.

The man is suspected of transferring money between several European and Arabian countries via the Hawala informal money transfer system with the aim of reintroducing foreign terrorist fighters in Europe.

By the end of the year, Frontex and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights plan to establish a team of as many as 40 fundamental rights monitors.

There are 16 designated security lanes – three times the space for security checks. Dynamic signage in the TSA queue displays passenger wait times and allows queue zones to be adjusted based on passenger demand.

On June 8, a South Texas man entered a guilty plea for his role in a conspiracy to transport illegal aliens within the country.

TSA has stopped 141 guns so far this year across the state of Florida. The latest six guns were stopped at Pensacola International; Miami International; Jacksonville International; Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywoood International and Tampa International.

Allegations have long been made that the outside security companies contracted to protect the country’s rail network have been part of the arson attacks.

MTA surveyed mask usage and found that approximately 92% of subway riders are complying with the MTA’s requirement that all customers and employees wear a face covering on public transit.  

Police at U.K. ports will be able to stop, question, search and detain individuals to determine whether they are a spy as part of a range of measures put before Parliament on June 8.

Amtrak, the national rail service for the US, has suffered a data breach that may have exposed some customers’ logins and other personally identifiable information (PII), the service has disclosed.

As countries attemtp to return to some normality, and in light of new World Health Organization guidance, Canada and the U.K. are making the wearing of face coverings mandatory for people using public transportation.

A 20 to 25 percent drop is projected for containers and canceled-vessel calls hit port authorities while tourism has "completely evaporated" and companies absorb the effects of lost revenue and trying to keep crews healthy.