Transportation Security

During Operation Turquesa, authorities in 20 countries across three continents acted on leads and carried out nearly one million checks at air, land and sea borders in order to disrupt the organized crime groups behind key smuggling routes to the United States and Canada.

Csontos directed his team to conduct a full scale active shooter practical exercise at HVN, but first the TSA Connecticut personnel needed to learn how to devise, plan and facilitate an event of this nature, because one had not previously been conducted in Connecticut.

On November 13 2019, the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and the Romanian Police (Poliția Română) supported by Europol, concluded their operation into a large criminal network smuggling migrants to western Europe in trucks.

Acting deputy administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Patricia Cogswell, said the TSA intends to advance security technologies through a series of innovation efforts.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport intercepted a traveler attempting to smuggle 35 pounds of liquid cocaine in full-sized shampoo bottles.

Office of International Affairs leader talks with HSToday about the importance of development and long-term fixes.

The busiest travel days around Thanksgiving will be Nov. 27, the Wednesday before the holiday, with 2.7 million passengers and crew expected, and Dec. 1.

Effective risk management includes resource allocation tailored to threats, assessing both physical and cyber threats, and actively engaging in information sharing.

Britain’s Port of Dover has become the first port in the country to be a granted its own legislation for the restriction of flying drones in or over the port.

Smiths Detection is partnering with Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to trial its smart security checkpoint for the first time in China.

The proposed approach enables credential user and DID provider independence from vendor-specific accounts to access credentials and promotes holder control and interoperability.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry have thwarted an alleged human smuggling attempt of six Chinese nationals, who were concealed in a false wall of a moving truck.

The advisory, which covers aspects like security at platforms, railway stations, yards, parking spaces, bridges and tunnels as well as production units and workshops, has earmarked all potential hotspots which could either be a site for any violence or could be used to hide explosives.

The U.K. Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has awarded nearly £2m ($2.5m) to develop new capabilities to detect, disrupt, and defeat the hostile and malicious use of drones.

The Department of Homeland Security is looking for information on self-service security systems for the Transportation Security Administration, wich it says could transform checkpoint operations.

Viken Detection will install four Osprey-UVX under vehicle x-ray inspection systems at select U.S. Customs and Border Protection land points of entry.