BORDER SECURITY REPORT VOLUME 10 For the world’s border protection, management and security industry MAY / JUNE 2018 policy-makers and practitioners COVER STORY ICAO Releases FIRST Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) Guide

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Transforming Passenger A global review of the UN Migration Agency, Latest news, views and Processing p.21 latest news and challenges DR Congo Government innovations from the from border agencies and Enhance Ebola Screenings industry. p.28 agencies at the border. p.18 at Border-crossings p.11 2 COMMENT

contacts Inter-agency and international co-operation on the border Editorial: Tony Kingham I’m pleased to report in this issue that tangible. Something like a password E: [email protected] the IOM, the UN Migration Agency, protected network, similar to a social and the World Organization media platform like LinkedIn, but for Contributing Editorial: Neil Walker (WCO) have signed a Memorandum border agencies personnel only. It E: [email protected] of Understanding (MoU) to boost co- should be free to users and joined on operation in coordinated/integrated a purely voluntary basis. From there, Design, Marketing & Production: border management. just like social media, users can build Neil Walker relationships with other users and E: [email protected] At our own conference World Border agencies and start sharing experiences Security Congress in Madrid last and useful stuff like best practice Subscriptions: March, the calls for inter-agency and documents. Tony Kingham international co-operation was once E: [email protected] again a recurring theme, as it will no Over time, as the number of users doubt be in Casablanca next year, so grows, and trust grows, it can Border Security Report is a bi-monthly electronic magazine and is the border it nice to have something positive to metamorphize into something management industry magazine report. altogether more ambitious. delivering agency and industry news and But of course, whilst this is a welcome Maybe this MoU is the first step, but the developments, as well as more in-depth step in the right direction of inter- key is to get something started! features and analysis to over 20,000 agency and international co-operation, border agencies, agencies at the borders We even offered to do it ourselves as it is only that…...a step. Because as and industry professionals, policymakers part of World Border Security Congress. important as these two organisations and practitioners, worldwide. We have the platform and we even are, they are just two among hundreds started work, but without funding the of agencies working at borders project was halted. So, if there is an worldwide, and their remit is limited. organisation out there that wants to , border guards, help do something practical now to immigration officers, coastguards and promote border co-operation, drop us in some places the military all have a a line! role at the border. And the mix of these Tony Kingham national agencies and jurisdictions also Copyright of KNM Media and Torch Editor Marketing. varies from country to country. Add international agencies like Interpol, Europol, Frontex, Aseanapol and more, the complexity of border co-operation becomes obvious. So, in practical terms what READ THE FULL VERSION can be done. Well our The digital version of Border Security Report contains all suggestion is to start with the additional articles and news listed in the contents very modest ambitions page below. The full digital version is available for and build from there. download at Start with something www.world-border-congress.com/BSR

Border Security Report | May/June 2018 CONTENTS 3 CONTENTS BORDER SECURITY REPORT 5 icao TRIP Guide Released

ICAO is releasing the very first version of the ICAO Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) Guide 8 AGENCY REPORTS

Latest news and reports reports from key agencies INTERPOL, OSCE, EUROPOL and the IOM. 12 ATAK situational awareness arrives at the border »»p.5 US CBP leads the way in combining USSOCOM software and consumer communications hardware to greatly increase agent safety and effectiveness. 18 AGENCY NEWS

A global review of the latest news, views, stories, challenges and issues from border agencies and agencies at the border. 23 transforming passenger processing

SITA report outlines how biometrics in identity management will transform passenger processing. »»p.8 »»p.18 25 World Border Security Congress

A review of the international border security community in Madrid, Spain on 20th-22nd March 2018. 28 industry news

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IOM, World Customs Organization to Boost Cooperation Towards Effective, Efficient and Responsible Border Management

On 8 May 2018, IOM, the UN Migration Agency, for greater efficiency over managing trade and travel and the World Customs Organization (WCO), an flows, while maintaining a balance with compliance intergovernmental organization based in Brussels, requirements. Coordinated border management is Belgium, signed a Memorandum of Understanding high on the Customs agenda and WCO has developed (MoU) to boost cooperation on issues of mutual interest, in this regard tools and instruments to support its in particular, those related to effective, efficient and implementation by Members, while involving national responsible border management. and international stakeholders.” This MoU offers the necessary framework for intensified The agreement will enhance the collaboration between cooperation between the two organizations. It opens IOM and WCO through coordinated activities and increased joint programming opportunities notably in elimination of unnecessary duplication, increased the field of coordinated/integrated border management, consultations, exchanges of information and documents as well as in the field of border management and for an effective cooperation and liaison between both development and trade. Organizations’ Secretariats or Regional Offices and Country missions. The MoU brings together two agencies with different but complementary mandates: While IOM focuses in its work The MoU encourages both organizations, within their on the well-being of migrants and the management of respective complementary mandates, to support border crossings by persons, WCO’s work is concerned their Member States to strengthen international, and with the management of the crossing of borders by intra-state cooperation between their national border goods and passengers. agencies, and exchange of information in thematic areas such as: i) border management; ii) sharing of The Memorandum was signed by William Lacy Swing, best practices in coordinated border management IOM Director General and Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO policies, regulatory frameworks and administrative and Secretary General. institutional structures; iii) capacity building efforts; iv) “We see in our member states around the world great responsible data collection and information exchange interest in the cooperation topics covered in the MoU, with a focus on risk analysis and risk management; and v) especially in Africa, where the relationship between joint research. border management and development and trade has become a programming focus for many states, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the African Union (AU). IOM is already active in this field, for instance by supporting African states to introduce One Stop Border Posts (OSBPs),” said Ambassador Swing. The intensified cooperation between IOM and WCO strengthens the support the two organizations can give to Member States to further improve and modernize their border management, facilitate regular border crossings and exchange of goods and services across borders, support development, and better protect migrants. At the signing, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya stressed that “WCO encourages Customs administrations to adopt a coordinated approach with the various border agencies

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ICAO Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) Guide released

ICAO is releasing the very first version In their traveller of the ICAO Traveller Identification arrangements, States seek to Programme (TRIP) Guide on Border maximise the economic, social and Control Management (BCM) to political benefits of travel while at the help States optimize their use of same time identifying and mitigating the available tools, systems, and risks and threats. The central concept applications. of the Guide is that BCM is most effective when the iterative process of identification of travellers and risk assessment is repeated as new

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information becomes available at each phase of the Traveller identification and risk assessment is repeated traveller journey: Pre-Departure, Pre-Arrival, Entry, Stay throughout the traveller journey as additional and Exit. information becomes available to the receiving/ The TRIP Strategy is a framework bringing together destination State elements of identification management to uniquely While States can be expected to have extensive identify travellers in order to enhance border security knowledge of their own citizens and residents, they rely and facilitation. The ICAO TRIP Guide on BCM is a on foreign data and information about the identity and product of the TRIP Strategy and thus focuses on the nationality of the citizens and residents of other States. border controls applied to travellers. The regulatory Therefore, the Standards and Recommended Practices framework of the Guide is found more prominently in (SARPs) and technical specifications published by ICAO the Annex 9 – Facilitation and in Doc 9303, Machine play a critical role in ensuring that travel documents Readable Travel Documents. issued by States contain standardised traveller identity information in a standardised machine readable format and that the identity information can be communicated in a standardised, interoperable way. The Guide further discusses contributions made by other United Nations (UN) agencies and international organisations to BCM. The Consolidated UN Security Council Sanctions List and INTERPOL Red Notices identify potential travellers of security and law enforcement concern to States. Checks against INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database are essential prior to relying on travel documents as evidence of identity. When applied in conjunction with its companion document, the Assessment Tool, the Guide can improve the traveller identification and risk assessment practice of States to achieve better security and facilitation outcomes in BCM. The Guide is intended for reference by States. It includes 13 technical topics describing and categorizing the The ICAO TRIP Guide on BCM is available at www.icao. Inspection Systems and Tools and Interoperable int/Security/FAL/TRIP/Pages/Publications.aspx. Applications that are used at specific or multiple phases To ask questions or communicate with the Facilitation of the traveller journey and each contribute, to different Section, States are invited to write to: [email protected]. degrees, to the identification of travellers and/or to traveller risk assessment. ICAO extends heartfelt thanks to individuals and organizations that have contributed to develop the content of the Guide: European Border and Agency (FRONTEX), ICAO Implementation and Capacity Building Working Group (ICBWG), ICAO New Technologies Working Group (NTWG), International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Joint Regional Communication

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Centre (JRCC) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Directorate (CTED), United Nations High Commissioner Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Office on Organisation for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Drugs and Crime (UNODC). United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive

WCO supports CITES national ivory action plans The WCO participated in the recent CITES National markets, and to help them combat the illegal trade Ivory Action Plan (NIAP) Meeting held in Maputo, in ivory. These NIAPs are developed in compliance Mozambique. with recommendations made by the CITES Standing Committee. Each Plan outlines the urgent measures On this occasion, as one of the five intergovernmental that a CITES Party commits to delivering – including member organizations making up the International legislative, enforcement and public awareness actions – Consortium on Combatting Illegal Wildlife Crime along with specified implementation time-frames and (ICCWC), the WCO (i) delivered a presentation on the milestones. role of Customs Risk Management in support of Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) enforcement operations and NIAPs; While the Plans follow a common structure of actions (ii) facilitated a session, in support of INTERPOL, relating with time-frames and milestones, each NIAP is unique. to criminal prosecutions; and (iii) led the discussions A Plan should identify the actions that are of highest by a working group dealing with cross-border and priority for a particular Party to help combat the international cooperation issues. illegal ivory trade, depending upon the Party’s own circumstances including its capacity-building needs, CITES NIAPs are practical tools under the CITES available resources, and the scale and nature of the Convention, used by a number of its Member states illegal trade, and whether the Party is a source, transit or to strengthen their controls on the ivory trade and destination country for illegally acquired ivory.

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8 Arrested for Smuggling Migrants to Germany in Lorries With the support of coordinated by Europol, to identify the key facilitators in Europol’s European the Western-Balkan region. Migrant Smuggling International police cooperation was central to the success Centre (EMSC), three of this investigation, initiated by the Munich regional individuals suspected office of the German Bundespolizei, as it soon became of facilitating large- clear that the facilitators were using several identities scale irregular migrant and rapidly changing their place of residence to evade smuggling to Germany justice. For example, one of the suspects located in Serbia have been arrested in was arrested on the basis of Romanian forensic data on a Romania, Serbia and German arrest warrant. The United Kingdom also arrested the United Kingdom a suspect using a different identity when crossing from on European arrest France to the United Kingdom. With the help of Europol, warrants in a covert which allowed for the timely sharing of information cross- strike on 8 May. border, the involved countries were able to identify the These arrests coincided with the arrests of 5 suspects in suspects, and subsequently arrest the criminals sending Serbia in a parallel investigation following several months lorries with hundreds of migrants to Germany. of joint operational work between the countries involved,

Toll Fraud - How Criminal Network Made Fortune Through Fraudulent Use of Counterfeit Fuel and Credit Cards Over the course of the three months of action of operation ANDREA, fuel card companies and one card scheme reported approximately 30 000 fraudulent transactions linked to counterfeit cards used to cross toll barriers in Spain and France. Law enforcement agencies then initiated investigations, on the basis of the information obtained, to identify the license plates of the involved vehicles, of which more than 600 were located in Spain only. 24 suspects have been arrested in Spain by the Spanish The investigation initiated by Spain allowed the identification and the Guardia Civil in an international of the criminal group operating mainly in the Spanish region operation involving Spain and France and supported by of Catalonia, although the cards were also used on French Europol. The organised crime group was specialised in using highways. As a result of the cooperation between Europol, counterfeiting fuel and credit/debit cards to avoid paying toll the Fuel Industry Card Fraud Intelligence Bureau (FICFIB), the fees and in selling these cards to truck drivers and hauling Spanish authorities and the French Gendarmerie, 24 people companies. were arrested and 11 fraud cards factories were dismantled. Successful Counter-Terrorism Operation in Tenerife The Spanish National Police has arrested three men of The alleged jihadist, a 35 year-old Moroccan Moroccan nationality in San Isidro, Tenerife suspected of national, was recruited and radicalised by the recruiting and financing terrorism. The three arrestees, three arrestees, and eventually left for Syria respectively 27, 35 and 37 years old, were facilitating the in 2013. In 2015 the man returned to Tenerife, trip to Syria of a jihadist in order to join the terrorist group Al with severe battlefield injuries. Nusra. Al Nusra is a Salafist jihadist organisation fighting in the Syrian Civil War, with the aim of establishing an Islamic state in the country.

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People smugglers identified during INTERPOL border security operation

documents registered in the SLTD database. Among the hits were two individuals suspected of involvement in human trafficking and people smuggling activities in the region, and a Sri Lankan national who was the subject of a Red Notice from the UAE for misappropriation of funds. “The operation has helped enhance the efficiency of immigration officers in Bangladesh in screening travel documents and following up on potential hits,” said Mahbubur Rahman, Deputy Inspector General for Suspected people smugglers were identified during an Operations and Head of the National Central Bureau in INTERPOL-led border security operation in South Asia. Dhaka. Operation Mandala took place at five international airports “We appreciate the support of INTERPOL in securing our and one land border point in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, country’s borders and will be extending this application to Nepal and Sri Lanka. Nearly 500,000 individuals were additional border points in the future,” he added. screened against INTERPOL’s nominal and Stolen Lost Travel Operation Mandala was held as part of INTERPOL’s Project Document (SLTD) databases during the operation. Relay, a Canadian-funded initiative to enhance migrant This resulted in multiple positive ‘hits’, including individuals smuggling capabilities in South Asia through training, subject to INTERPOL Red and Blue Notices and several travel improving systems and providing technical equipment..

Tackling human trafficking focus of INTERPOL training for Central Asia

An INTERPOL training course targeting human trafficking challenge. and migrant smuggling across Central Asia has concluded With illegal migration into Central Asia becoming an in the Uzbek capital. increasingly serious security threat in the region, improving The five-day event brought together law enforcement the exchange of police information and boosting the use experts from 14 Central Asian countries to learn the latest of tailored INTERPOL capabilities was central to the training investigative skills required to coordinate transnational programme. responses to the region’s trafficking and smuggling

Protecting cultural heritage across the Americas

Over the past decade, law enforcement agencies Illicit Trafficking in Stolen Cultural Property, organized by worldwide have seen a marked increase in the illicit INTERPOL in close collaboration with Argentina’s Federal trafficking of cultural objects. Police and Ministry of Security, aimed to boost the exchange of information and best practice in the region. With this in mind, some 100 international experts from 11 countries across the Americas have gathered to devise The event highlighted the need for increased a common strategy against the organized crime groups cooperation between law enforcement agencies and which are constantly looking to increase profits from this international organizations and featured presentations lucrative trade. from UNESCO, ICOM and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Monitoring Team linked to resolutions The three-day (17 – 19 April) Americas Conference on concerning ISIL, Al-Qaida and the Taliban.

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Specialized anti-trafficking training course for regional branches of police in Uzbekistan held in Urgench with OSCE support

The first forces was held in Urgench. in a series The course, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator of training in Uzbekistan, brought together 25 participants courses from Khorezm, Bukhara and Navoiy regions, and the on anti- autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan. trafficking for The training’s objective was to increase knowledge and develop police skills and attitudes to identify victims of investigators and operative agents of Uzbekistan police human trafficking and labour exploitation and refer them to the appropriate assistance. Management of Contemporary Security Systems focus of OSCE seminar in Podgorica The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Police practices to run a security department efficiently and Academy of Montenegro held a three-day seminar on the effectively. It addresses vital themes such as leadership management of contemporary security systems, police in management, employee relations, risk management, leadership qualities, in Podgorica. terrorism, information security, access control, investigations, substance abuse, workplace violence, and The Contemporary Security Management course is emergency management.. designed to provide relevant training on modern-day

Combating destruction of cultural heritage and trafficking in cultural property in Central Asian Region

five Central Asian participating States. “In recent years we have experienced a dramatic upsurge in the destruction and degradation of archaeological sites and in trafficking of cultural property in the OSCE area and beyond,” said Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the OSCE, Luca Fratini. “It has become evident that this kind of trafficking is deeply linked to transnational organized crime and corruption networks and the financing of terrorism. Combating the destruction of cultural heritage and trafficking in cultural property is a Practical measures to combat illicit cross-border priority of Italy which is currently chairing the OSCE” trafficking in cultural property in the Central Asian Region was the focus of a five-day regional workshop in Tashkent. Organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, with the support of Italy, which is chairing the OSCE in 2018, and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, the workshop was attended by 18 participants from relevant law enforcement services and ministries of culture of all

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UN Migration Agency, DR Congo Government Enhance Ebola Screenings at Border-crossings

Borders (PNHF) in Kinshasa to 16 points of entry along the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) borders. This deployment is part of an effort to prevent and control the outbreak of Ebola in the DRC, supporting the World Health Organization (WHO). The DRC Ministry of Health, which is leading the response, announced an outbreak in the Equateur Province on 8 May. In recent days, Ebola cases have been confirmed in larger urban areas, making the risk of the disease spreading further even greater, due to heavier density of population and higher population mobility. The essential deployment of these border health officials was made possible through USD 75,000 reallocation of funds from the Government of Japan and a release of IOM is supporting the deployment of teams of internal emergency funds totalling USD 100,000. Border epidemiologists and medical staff from the Ministry health officials will set up infection prevention and control of Health and the National Programme of Hygiene at measures at priority border crossings, travel routes and congregation points..

Over 700 Ghanaian Migrants Return Home with IOM Assistance

IOM in partnership with in Accra in what was the fourth charter flight organized the Government of Ghana by IOM through the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant and the Airport Authorities, Protection and Reintegration. facilitated the return home So far since June 2017, a total of 706 (661 men, 45 of 148 Ghanaians via charter women) Ghanaians stranded in Libya have been assisted from Libya. The group, to return home voluntarily. The majority (70 per cent) of which included four women the returnees are being returned from various detention and two children, arrived at centres in Libya, while the rest are from the cities. Kotoka International Airport

Support Belize Develop New Migration Policy

The Government of Belize and IOM, the UN Migration The latest data indicate that emigrants as a percentage of Agency, jointly held the launch of a National Migration and the Belizean population stand at 15 per cent, with the United Development Policy for Belize this week (16/05). States as the primary destination; while immigrants represent 15.3 per cent of the total population in the country, coming The development of the national policy will be led by the mainly from Central America. Government of Belize through a Steering Committee chaired by the Department of Immigration and Nationality Services. In developing the policy, the Government of Belize requested technical assistance from IOM in 2016; a steering committee was formulated in 2017 to work on drafting the policy framework and to ensure that the policy is aligned with the Government’s development strategy and national vision.

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ATAK situational awareness arrives at the border

US CBP leads the way in combining Border security is a dangerous law land that are more often than not USSOCOM software and consumer enforcement mission. Frequently completely devoid of any traditional communications hardware to executed in remote and austere communications networks, greatly increase agent safety and environments, border agents have establishing communications across effectiveness in austere environments to contend with rough terrain, agents is of utmost importance. Keywords: ATAK, Android Tactical extreme remoteness from external Assault Kit, goTenna, situational In the ongoing challenge to support, and the very real risk of life awareness. increase border agent security and threatening situations. operational effectiveness in the In these environments agents field, the US Customs and Border must depend on the support and Protection Agency (CBP) has turned operational intelligence provided to a toolkit directly sourced from by their team on the ground, Special Operations community – the however the very nature of where Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK). they are operating makes this very First fielded in 2010 during operations difficult due to the lack of effective in Afghanistan and Iraq, USSOCOM’s communications systems. Tasked ATAK platform has become the de with protecting vast expanses of facto situational awareness and

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user friendly interface over that map geospatial markers that team data. members are creating for their squads. Although the diversity of tools within Although this may sound like an ATAK are way too numerous to list incredibly simple set of features, out, at its core the platform is used to things we take for granted almost communicate 3 simple, but critical, every day with our Google Maps and types of information to its users: What’sApp, ATAK is a game changer for these field operators for a few First and foremost, there is blue force reasons. tracking. ATAK displays all users on its map allowing teams to have rapid Firstly, it offers significantly more visual confirmation of their position advanced map data, marker and the position of their teammates. accuracy, and other tools that are In the rough and vast expanses necessary when the task at hand covered by border security agents, isn’t finding your friend on a street the ability to know one’s location as corner, but possibly coordinating well as the location of their team is of actions which could result in life or utmost importance – not unlike a SOF death consequences. It is difficult team assaulting a target in a military to describe the gamut of features in operation. ATAK that make it so much more than command/control battlespace the commercial tools we see every Secondly, ATAK allows its users to management tool for not only SOF day, but its quick uptake across the quickly create markers and waypoints operators, but conventional military, US DoD, NATO partners, FBI, Secret and other points of interest for their and now civilian law enforcement as Service, CBP and many more attest to entire team. This could be something well. its criticality. as simple as a rally point to help Although the name and pedigree gather a team after a dispersed However what is perhaps the clearest may make the system sound like a operation, or something more critical differentiator of ATAK (aside from tool solely suited for war, the ATAK like marking a possible hostile actor its commercial availability, ease of platform is actually much less scary in a hidden position. Once again, use, and stability) is that unlike the and aggressive than it may appear although SOF teams might use this Google and other commercial tools, it when looking at its name (likely why tool for marking snipers and IEDs, is capable of operating in completely the civilian version is more often something border agents hopefully disconnected environments. called the Android Team Awareness do not have to encounter on a regular Although ATAK does have a server- Kit). ATAK can perhaps be best basis, at its core, the utility function is based system, it is also natively described as a combination of Google the same. Perhaps a border team uses integrated with the latest off-grid Maps with What’sApp. the tool to mark hidden groups of communications tools that allow Now this is definitely a simplification people or rally or observation points, tactical operators to continue to use of the capabilities within ATAK, but but the use case is functionally the these situational awareness features in roughly speaking this is accurate. same. places where they would traditionally expect to be completely disconnected The ATAK system is an Android Finally ATAK is also used to – remote and hostile locations - application which displays map data communicate commands back exactly where border agents need to and, more importantly, allows its users and forth via a straightforward operate. to communicate critical situational chat messaging tool which helps awareness data in a live, dynamic, and coordinate actions around the But as valuable as this ability to

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these radios provided the core of what was needed – situational awareness - and provided it at a radically lower size, weight, power, and cost than anything else around - $499 to give it a number. These practical advantages quickly caught the eye of DARPA and SOCOM who realized that the small bursts of data supported by the little consumer radio systems could successfully support the core functions within the ATAK platform. It couldn’t support everything feature within ATAK, but it supported the most important components of personnel tracking, map marking, and text. This led to a quick integration between the goTenna radios and ATAK which operate off-grid and without a server This all changed recently however soon saw the systems deployed with is, it is also one of the most difficult with the introduction of a new player SOF teams in combat in locations capabilities to practically field. in the tactical radio space, goTenna. as extensive as Iraq, Afghanistan, A small Brooklyn-based startup that Simply put, although ATAK can work Niger, and more – primarily as a originally focused on the recreational off-line with radios, the reality is tool to enable local partner forces hiking and skiing market, goTenna that traditional tactical radios are to interoperate with coalition forces started creating miniaturized radios astronomically expensive. Costing who could not provide them with for consumers to pair with their on average over $15,000 per unit, their restricted and expensive radio smartphones to allow them to text a digital tactical radio link, until systems. and track each other’s locations offline recently, has remained a capability As unique as SOF operations might while doing off-grid sports. only accessible to the most well be in their fine details, taking a funded of tier-1 SOF teams. CBP and What made goTenna radios unique was macro perspective shows that their many others knew and trusted the that they did not attempt to provide requirements are little different than capability of ATAK, but they simply broadband data communications like that of a border security team, or couldn’t afford the kind of investment other legacy systems. Instead, they even a crew of wildland firefighters. needed to meaningfully equip their focused solely on providing short-form Everyone needs to know where they agents in a way where they could trust burst data transmissions, sufficient for are, where their team is, the dangers/ and rely on the system. Although locations, markers, shapes, and text – objectives, and issue commands to some tests had been run using ATAK but no more, no less. What goTenna address those objectives. Its pretty on regular cellular connection, the got in return for its conservative simple, but its what is needed. reality was that the remote and approach to features was the creation What has resulted from this austere nature of border operations of a family of radio systems that can similarity in mission requirements necessitated an answer to the off- be best described as very practical and is that SOCOM software, consumer grid problem before ATAK or any accessible. A humble set of descriptors, smartphones, and a radio system other such platform could ever be but extremely meaningful. originally designed for hiking realistically operationally integrated. Although conservative in features, have suddenly come together to

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create a practically accessible and CBP’s creative efforts at enhancing operationally relevant situational agent situational awareness in awareness and command/control austere environments have drawn the system which can be had for just a few attention and support of its parent hundred dollars per agent – not tens agency in the US, the Department of thousands. of Homeland Security (DHS), which kicked off an APEX operational This is a game changer, and many evaluation program specifically outside of the military have taken designed to officially review the notice. power of the ATAK platform, and Seeing an opportunity to really move its supporting systems, for broader the needle in operational capabilities, deployment across the breadth of US in late 2017 CBP purchased roughly security forces. 1200 goTenna radios for a price tag As smartphones, goTenna, and ATAK that didn’t break $1MM. CBP was able are all EAR99 non-controlled systems to follow the lead of SOCOM’s foreign – this is a capability architecture operations to equip over a 20th of which any its for a cost that barely around the world should carefully registered a blip on its budget. look into.

East African Customs will work together to enhance border control through PGS Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Twenty (20) Customs officials from Burundi, Kenya, Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, to support trade Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda in addition to five (5) facilitation and border control in Africa, a Sub- Regional observers from Kenya Revenue Authority participated Awareness Raising Seminar on Programme Global Shield in this seminar. Each Customs administration shared (PGS) in East Africa was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 15 its country presentation that included their efforts to 17 May 2018. This is the first activity of the enhanced in strengthening customs control at the borders, the border control component of the new Trade Facilitation level of cooperation between Customs and other law and Border Control project launched by the 5 Revenue enforcement agencies, and how they deal with explosive Authorities in East Africa. precursor chemicals and other components used to manufacture IEDs. Programme Global Shield is a multilateral WCO initiative, which aims at building the capacity of customs During the seminar, the WCO experts provided updates administrations to counter the illicit trafficking and on the WCO Security Project’s initiatives and shared diversion of chemicals and other components used by information about Customs role in border security, terrorists to manufacture improvised explosive devices technology deployment, and operational activities. The (IEDs). The Seminar aimed at raising awareness amongst Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization’s briefing East African Customs of the threat posed by IEDs and set the scene in relation to the global harm and regional demonstrating ways how customs can contribute to perspective of IED use; while Japan Customs expert mitigating the threat. It also provided a platform for explained how advanced technologies can help Customs participants from East Africa to share their experiences, to efficiently identify chemicals. exchange and discuss best practices.

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Visit of President of AMERIPOL to EUROPOL

The President of AMERIPOL, carried out a visit of knowledge and coordination with the Executive Director of EUROPOL, Rob Wainwright. Also participating in the visit was the Director of Horizontal Operational Services, Mrs. Julia VIEDMA and the Security Analyst and Head of Corporate Institutional Affairs of the European Union (G21) Ms. María ESPEGEL BETEGON. In his current role as President of the Community of Police of America, at the hearing, the President spoke about the need to have a greater participation and proactive impact of the members of the American Organization, in the fields related to the exchange of information, training programs existing and sponsored by the European Union, the possibility of opening new field offices of the European Agency in different police forces of our continent.

Government of Ecuador Awarded by Commissioner General

Merit award to the Commissioner General of the , Manelich Castilla Craviotto, as a recognition of his effort to promote coordination to prevent transnational crimes between authorities of the American continent. Ambassador Arizaga Schmegel highlighted the exchange of information between authorities of different nations, to prevent and deal with global crimes such as human trafficking, drug trafficking or cybercrime; along with the formation of high-level commanders among the police of the continent, achievements reached by the Commissioner General of the Federal Police, during his tenure as President of the Community of Police of America (AMERIPOL). The Government of the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno Garcés, awarded the Badge of Police

Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina Seize Total of 389 Kilos of Cocaine

Through a judicial investigation, a criminal organization the narcotic substance was achieved, which was replaced was formed, made up of citizens of Russian nationality by flour, destined for Moscow. Through international and naturalized Russians from Argentina, who collected collaboration with the federal service of a fluid and then transported cocaine hydrochloride in exchange of information achieving Russian security, the diplomatic pouches to Russia. From the field tasks and gendarmerie investigators maintained the detention of the analysis of the information, a controlled delivery of six (6) citizens of Russian nationality.

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ASEANAPOL Receives working visit from delegates from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) of China

Jiang expressed that MPS of China regards ASEANAPOL a crucial counterpart in the region to combat transnational crime. He then conveyed his presentation on “Organised Transnational Telecom Fraudulent Crimes” which had clocked 610,000 cases filed in 2016 and incur RMB 17 billion loss in China itself. In his presentation, Guoli shared the current crime situation and trends; modus operandi of the crime; their success stories in Europe and ASEAN; problem and difficulties faced by the operation team; and later their proposal for further collaboration.

The ASEANAPOL Secretariat received a working visit After much discussion between the MPS delegates from delegates from the Ministry of Public Security and ASEANAPOL Secretariat, both parties agreed (MPS) of China led by Guoli Jiang, the Deputy Director to the need for collaboration to fight against such General of Criminal Investigation Department of MPS transnational crime in order to keep both region safe. and his two officers. They were warmly welcomed by The MPS of China will submit their proposal of “Joint the Executive Director (ED) of ASEANAPOL Secretariat, Operation and Mutual Legal Assistance in Combating Police Colonel Kenechanh Phommachack, Directors and Organised Transnational Telecom and Internet staffs. Fraudulent Crimes” to the secretariat for detailed discussion. Soon after the ED gave his welcoming remarks, Guoli INTERPOL Capacity Building and Training Directorate

During the meeting the delegate from Interpol Capacity Building and Training Directorates shared briefly on their respective roles and functions which mainly focus on capacity building, databases collection and operational activities that are on project basis. The delegate had also shared that they had understood through their visiting around the region that there was a keen interest in the forensic development as such they offered their assistance in helping ASEANAPOL Forensic Science Network (APFSN) committee in their A delegation of officers from the Interpol Capacity development on area such as the Disaster Victim Building and Training Directorates, based in Interpol Indentification (DVI) and Crime Scene Investigation Global Complex of Innovation (IGCI), made a courtesy (CSI). Executive Director, Police Colonel Kenechanh call to the ASEANAPOL Secretariat office. Executive Phommachack extended the appreciation for the Director, Police Colonel Kenechanh Phommachack support from Interpol delegate and he hopes for the together with the staff warmly recieved the delegation. success on this cooperation in the future to come.

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Agency News and Updates

igrants must be – ultimately fails, Soeder believes The migrants had been staying in ‘repelled at border’ if Germany must resort to more drastic an improvised camp in a park in Mrefugee centers plan fails measures. Sarajevo, but authorities ordered them to be moved to a refugee center in Salakovac, near Mostar, some 100 kilometers south of the Bosnian igrants Transferred In capital. Bosnia After Hours- MLong Standoff Hundreds of migrants, mainly from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, and North Africa, had camped in the park for nearly two months.

Germany must start turning potential asylum seekers back at its borders if a uarding EU external new refugee centers initiative championed border is cornerstone by federal authorities fails to work as Gof migration policy planned, the Bavarian Interior Ministry head said. Guarding the external borders of the Buses carrying 270 refugees and European Union is the cornerstone of “Uncontrolled immigration has already migrants from Sarajevo reached an migration policy and Frontex plays a fundamentally changed not only the asylum center in southern Bosnia- key role in that, Estonian President political architecture but also the security Herzegovina after an hours-long Kersti Kaljulaid said on Friday when situation in Germany in 2015. That should standoff between regional and visiting the European Border and not happen again,” Markus Soeder, the national authorities in the multiethnic Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Bavarian interior minister and a member Balkan state. Greece. of the Christian Social Union (CSU), told the Bild daily. More than 4,000 migrants have “Estonia values highly the work of entered Bosnia this year after Frontex in boosting the security of the If the new initiative – which is aimed at traffickers opened a route through EU’s external border and we have sent the creation of large refugee centers to Greece to Western Europe via Albania, our people and equipment to help with house all potential asylum seekers while Montenegro, Bosnia, and Croatia. that,” Kaljulaid said. their applications are being processed

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Considering the size of its population, El Comercio on April 13, 2018 at Officials expect that number to jump in Estonia is the biggest contributor to the Colombian border spurred the coming months — outstripping the Frontex with officials of the Police and authorities from both countries to take nearly 20,000 who crossed last year in Board (PPA) as well as combined measures to strengthen Quebec — and are putting resources border guarding equipment, but the security and guarantee the safety in place to accommodate the influx. country is always open to consider of the area. Dissident members of doing more. the Revolutionary Armed Forces of The RCMP recently erected a semi- Colombia (FARC, in Spanish), whose permanent structure at Roxham Road, leader goes by the alias Guacho, where they process and screen asylum kidnapped the journalists three seekers. The Quebec government is order guards detain weeks earlier in Mataje parish, in the also pressuring Ottawa to send more Russian over Ecuadorean province of Esmeraldas. of the claimants elsewhere after they ‘informationB war’ on Poland are processed. The countries’ ministers of defense and Border guards have detained a woman military high command held a special suspected of helping wage a Russian meeting of the Binational Border “information war” against Poland and Commission on April 17th in Quito, ith Focus On Mexican who has a ban on entering the country, Ecuador. The meeting was called Border, Greater according to a report. under the cooperation mechanism SecurityW Threat Could Be known as 3+2, which provides From Canada The woman, who is a citizen of Russia grounds for meetings between the two and Cyprus, is to be expelled from nations’ Foreign Relations, Defense, Poland, public broadcaster Polish and Interior ministries. Radio’s IAR news agency reported on Friday. The authorities agreed to an increase in military and police operations, with The woman, named only as “Anastazja 24-hour operations in Esmeraldas Z”, worked to consolidate pro-Russian province and in Tumaco, Colombia. groups in Poland in order to challenge Polish government policy on historical issues and “replace it with a Russian Competing versions of what constitutes narrative,” according to IAR. ar-right groups, counter- a safe southern border with Mexico are protesters rally over at the center of a debate echoing from Fasylum seekers at Canada- Mexico City to Washington, D.C. — U.S. border and especially in the four border states olombia and Ecuador of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Increase Counter- Texas. And citing national security, terrorismC Operations along President Donald Trump recently Border signed an order to deploy the National Guard on the southern border, adding to an already substantial presence of personnel and technology there.

However, some argue that when it comes to the potential for terrorism, So far this year, more than 7,600 the security focus should be applied asylum seekers have crossed into equally to the Canada-U.S. border. Canada at unofficial ports of entry, the vast majority of them at Roxham There are about 16,000 border The killing of three journalists from Road, which is a short drive from patrol agents on the Mexican border. the Ecuadorean daily newspaper Lacolle. There are about 2,000 agents on the

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Canadian border, which is twice as The majority of the nearly 700,000 long as Mexico’s. The U.S. Attorney Rohingya who escaped the violence for the District of Vermont, Christina settled in huge camps in Bangladesh but Nolan, says she’s concerned about a smaller number insisted on staying put the northern border.. in the buffer zone between the borders.

Myanmar had agreed in February to stop using loudspeakers to order the stranded ight Israeli Bedouin police and the Sriganganagar Muslims to leave the area immediately Arrested for Drug police arrested three people from and cross into Bangladesh. SmugglingE Over Egypt Border Punjab’sTarantaran district for their alleged involvement in smuggling in the border area. akistan Rangers make The accused have been identified as truce with BSF after Jasvindra Singh alias Sonu, Jagraj facingP heavy retaliation Singh alias Billa and Ratanbeer Singh alias Ratan. The joint team also recovered two sophisticated pistols and two cartridges. Eight Israeli Bedouin have been arrested — and some are being SP Harendra Mahavar said the team charged with espionage —for allegedly was working on some input and following vandalizing security cameras along the the leads the arrests were made. Egyptian border last month in a drug smuggling operation, police and the Shin Bet security service announced. yanmar orders Pakistani Rangers were forced to An Israel Defense Forces tank driver, Rohingya to leave broker peace after Border Security Sgt. Eliyahu Drori, was killed in April in Mtense border zone Forces pounded their bunkers an attempt to catch the suspects now and other installations across the under arrest. While pursuing them International Border (IB) in retaliation near the Egyptian border, his tank to prolonged shelling in Jammu and rolled down a ravine, causing a shell Kashmir to push infiltration of militants. inside the vehicle to ignite. Three other The unprovoked firing was also to soldiers were injured in the incident. undermine the central government suspending operations to reach out to The eight suspects, residents of the people of Jammu and Kashmir during Bedouin community of Bir Hadaj in the the ongoing Ramzan. northern Negev, were charged in Be’er Myanmar security forces have resumed Sheva District Court; some of them, loudspeaker broadcasts near its border A senior BSF officer, aware of with espionage. with Bangladesh ordering Rohingya developments in Kashmir, told ET Muslims to immediately leave a strip that two Rangers and 6 civilians were of no-man’s land between the two reported by the Pakistani media to countries. have died due to our targeted heavy hree arrested on charges fire and 26 were injured. The Rangers of smuggling arms, Around 6,000 refugees from the called up the BSF unit in Jammu Tdrugs from Pakistan persecuted minority have been camping Saturday and urged our troops to stop on the narrow stretch of land since fleeing firing, said sources in the In a joint operation, the Border Security a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s force. Force, the intelligence unit of Rajasthan west last August.

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order Police find 6 tudy of Indonesia-PNG phones in smuggler’s Border Security bodyB intended for jail S The field of international relations and security studies is among the most dynamic and challenging aspects of politics. Relationship between states depend on various factors such as politics, economic cooperation and socio-cultural partnerships. Despite the growing interdependency between states through the means of bilateral, multilateral or regionalism, security Israeli Border Police officers arrested issues have remained to play a an Arab attempting to cross the vital role in determining their level security fence in the Jerusalem area of cooperation and coexistence. for the second time. Only minutes This qualitative research entitled: before he was jailed in Ofer Prison Indonesia-PNG Border security, six cell phones were removed from underlines Indonesia and PNG’s his body that were allegedly intended She was turned over to Riverside foreign policy while addressing the to be smuggled to security prisoners. County law enforcement and now impacts of Papuan separatism on faces narcotic smuggling charges. the 750km border. The relationship Last Tuesday evening, a Nitzan of Indonesia and PNG has remained Brigade forward observer spotted a The woman’s vehicle was seized cordial and robust over the years, suspect climbing the security fence in and transported to a secure facility. however the existence of the Papuan the a-Ram area as he tried to cross The vehicle underwent a routine conflict has often threatened to into Israel illegally. A team of Border secondary search to ensure there destabilize mutual understandings Police officers directed to the site was no additional contraband inside between the parties. located the suspect who was arrested the vehicle. As a part of the secondary and transferred for interrogation, after search, and with the aid of a recently The findings specify that the issue which he was released and returned assigned National Guardsman, Border of Papuan separatism is one the to Judea and Samaria. Patrol agents conducted a thorough sensitive and complicated political visual and physical inspection. During and cultural problems of the modern Last night the observer again identified the search of the vehicle, a National era. The sensitivity that lies behind the suspect trying to pass over the Guardsman located 11 additional the Papuan separatism issue has security fence in an attempt to infiltrate bundles of suspected contraband that often caused difficulties to Indonesia into Israel illegally, and once again a was deeply concealed within the door and PNG policy makers. Border Border Police team was able to locate panels of the vehicle. Border Patrol policies are designed to obtain the and arrest the suspect. agents took custody of the bundles, state objectives; however, cultural it was field tested and was positively aspects have always benefited the validated as methamphetamine. third party (OPM) in their existence along the border. Subsequently, the ational Guard & Border The bundles added more than 13 Papuan autonomy has allowed for Patrol Team Up to pounds of methamphetamine to the the acknowledgment of Papuan’s UncoverN Hidden Meth seizure, which now totaled over 68 cultural rights. Moreover, the Papuan pounds with an estimated value of separatism has managed to gain U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents $206,000. The National Guardsmen support from many external parties. in San Diego Sector arrested a are not assigned to do immigration The growing participation of external 31-year-old woman on Interstate tasks, will not have direct contact parties have triggered internal security 15 for transporting 51 bundles of with illegal aliens, nor will they carry concern. This study indicates that methamphetamine inside her vehicle. weapons. the Papuan separatism issue will

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remain to influence Indonesia-PNG an allegedly involved Border Force officers have teamed border security in the years to come. in shooting tasered by up with state police to hunt 50 The designing of border policies MBorder Patrol people in hiding after overstaying should focus and encourage more on visas they were given to attend the building trust as means of overcoming Commonwealth Games. misunderstanding. More cooperation between all relative authorities such Home Affairs Minister as the CIQS is vital to maintain a good says officers have launched an and favorable a relationship. operation to find the athletes and officials who disappeared after the Gold Coast event last month.

hai troops seize record Border Patrol agents responded to About 250 people who came for the meth haul on Myanmar a call for assistance from the police event remain in . Tborder department to help find someone involved in an apparent shooting. Thai soldiers have seized a massive haul of methamphetamine in Chiang Agents say they were able to find the order force officials Rai Province in northern Thailand vehicle in question and attempted to defend dawn raid on Sri smuggled through the Thai-Myanmar conduct a traffic stop. LankanB asylum seekers border. The driver then stopped in the middle An official from the border task of the road, got out of the car and force confirmed that the drug haul began to approach the agents. was seized late Friday while the soldiers were inspecting vehicles at Border Patrol says the suspect ignored a checkpoint on the road between agent’s commands and resisted being Doi Luang and Wiang Chiang Rung taken into custody. After a struggle, districts in Chiang Rai. agents used a taser on the man.

The official said the suspect tried to officials have drive away after seeing Thai troopers defended taking a Sri Lankan family manning a checkpoint but the vehicle olice, border cops hunt from their central Queensland home fell into a ditch. Commonwealth Games and placing them in immigration overstayersP detention 1,800km away. “The ditch was only 350 metres from the checkpoint. A total 7.8 million Tamils Priya and Nadesalingam and methamphetamine pills and 50 kilos their two Australian-born children were of ‘ice’ or crystal methamphetamine swept up in a dawn raid of their Biloela have been seized,” he said. home in early March. The couple are in detention in with their two During a news conference in girls, three-year-old Kopika and baby Chiang Rai a day later, Thai military Tharunicaa, as they await a decision officials said the soldiers found 39 on whether they will be deported. fertilizer sacks containing 7.8 million State police forces will work with methamphetamine pills and 50 kilos Border Force officials to try and track The ABF commissioner, Michael of ‘ice’ or crystal methamphetamine 50 people believed to be in hiding Outram, was quizzed about the case inside the vehicle. after overstaying their Commonwealth during a Senate estimates hearing in Games visas. Canberra.

Border Security Report | May/June 2018 SPECIAL REPORT 23 transforming passenger processing

SITA report outlines how biometrics Biometric technology is emerging technology and SITA’s report explores in identity management will transform as the top solution for airlines and innovative ID management programs passenger processing. airports to automate identity checks that are transforming the travel amid rising passenger numbers. This experience today. In the future, is according to Biometrics for Better these will be more commonplace Travel: An ID Management Revolution, worldwide as 63% of airports and 43% a report published today by SITA. of airlines plan to invest in biometric It outlines how using biometrics to ID management solutions in the next check passenger’s identity will power three years. faster and more secure self-service processes at airports as passenger Sean Farrell, Director, Strategy & numbers are set to almost double to Innovation, SITA, said: “Across the 7.8 billion by 2036. world, airlines are required to check that passengers are who they say they Airlines and airports are already are and that they have the right travel investing in various forms of biometric documents. This is a fundamental

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element of securing the travel process which cannot be eliminated. With passenger numbers set to double by 2036, airlines and airports need to be able to move passengers through these checks as securely and quickly as possible. Efficient identity management is essential for better security while at the same time improving the passenger experience. Biometrics is the technology that can deliver this.”

The good news for airlines, airports and the various government agencies involved in passenger identity management, is that passengers are happy to use biometrics. This technology is becoming increasingly commonplace in people’s lives. For example, by 2020 more than 75% of smartphones will have fingerprint that integrates easily with their existing Biometrics for Better Travel: An ID sensors. This user acceptance can infrastructure – kiosks, bag drop, Management Revolution combines be seen among passengers too. SITA automated boarding gates. Moving SITA’s global research with reports that the majority of passengers to single token identity management commentary and cases studies from would definitely use biometrics on where passengers can simply use airports, airlines and global entities their next flight. their biometric, such as their face, at that are exploring and adopting every checkpoint on their journey will biometric technology to transform Farrell adds: “Passengers are ready speed passengers securely through the passenger experience. Those and want to use biometrics. The the airport.” featured include Brisbane Airport, easiest way for airlines and airports to British Airways, JetBlue and Orlando make this happen is to use technology SITA’s report outlines how airlines International Airport along with industry and airports must have a global perspectives from the International consensus on how to securely Airline Travel Association (IATA). resolve passenger identity issues as an integral part of For further details of SITA’s full report the next generation of self- - Biometrics for Better Travel: An ID service systems. All industry Management Revolution see www. stakeholders have a role to sita.aero/id play to harness technologies that can make the processes better, faster and more secure. The air transport industry must collaborate across all stakeholders and across the globe with governments to ensure scalability and interoperability across borders.

Border Security Report | May/June 2018 CONGRESS NEWS 25 the most engaging discussions in border management EVENT REVIEW

Over 230 delegates from 52 organisations and movement and countries participated in the 2018 return of foreign fighters. World Border Security Congress which took place in Madrid, Spain on Supported by the Spanish Ministry of 20th to 22nd March 2018, for 3 days Interior, National Police and Guardia of great discussions, meetings, Civil, support was also delivered workshops and networking for the by the Organisation for Security & global border security experts. Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the European Association of Airport and The international border security Seaport Police (EAASP), the African 20th-22nd March 2018 community gathered to discuss Union Economic, Social and Cultural Madrid, Spain the challenges from mass refugee Council (AU-ECOSOCC), National www.world-border-congress.com movements across Europe, illegal Security & Resilience Consortium, economic migrants from Africa International Security Industry and Asia, threats from terrorist Organisation and International

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Security and Co-operation in Europe and the President of the European association of Airport and Seaport Police.

The keynote speakers on day one articulated the importance of Border Management activity internationally and the significant challenges, which Governments, Policy Makers and Law Enforcement Agencies face with increasing pressures in a difficult economic climate.

The task for the event was to explore the major issues that were common to so many nations and seek to share experiences and continue to develop border management resolutions and solutions. Association of CIP Professionals, Guardia Civil demonstrating the World Border With a global audience from 52 Security Congress remains the both giving an insight into the nations and nearly 250 participants premier multi-jurisdictional global developments, latest technologies and the conference was delighted to have platform where the border protection operations that help secure the airports received some excellent presentations policy-makers, management and of Spain and the Mediterranean Sea. from a broad range of distinguished and practitioners together with security experienced border related experts. industry professionals, convene to Conference Chairman Closing Alongside this, and importantly, there discuss the international challenges Notes on World Border Security were some exceptional discussions faced in protecting borders. Congress – Madrid 20th-22nd March and debates teasing out some of the 2018 more demanding areas of concern Many exciting, interesting and and addressing them from a range of informative presentations were given An excellent conference which perspectives, both from government from all parts of the world, giving a truly was described by a senior border and commercial positions. global perspective on the international specialist of one of the 52 nations challenges being faced. that were represented as, “a timely The congress was very fortunate and important event focusing on the to have significant support from the The delegation enjoyed two great site most challenging issues facing border Ministry of Interior in Madrid, the visits: management internationally” Spanish National Police and the Guardia Civil. The event was also - Madrid Barajas International Airport, The welcome session set the scene most fortunate to have the support of, courtesy of the Spanish National for the 3-day congress with an initial and speakers from, a wide range of Police; and opening address from the Chairman, international security organisations John Donlon QPM followed by inputs who have a focus on and around - EUROSUR Maritime Coordination from the International Organisation border management operations. Centre, courtesy of the Spnaish for Migration, the Organisation for Organisations such as:

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At last year’s congress we heard a lot about Drug Smuggling and the international initiatives in place to tackle the issues, but not so much this year. However, we heard a lot more about Human Trafficking, a growing trend which is truly a global concern, with some particularly good references demonstrating how easy it is to miss something if you are not looking for it.

Modern Day Slavery was also a topic of considerable discussion and some • Organisation for Security and figures that were quoted, in terms The Chair of the congress closed at the Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) of the amount of people in slavery, end of day 3, thanking the participants • International Organisation for estimated to be 45.8 million really for their active participation across Migration (IOM) drove home the extent of the issue. a wide range of discussions and • United Nations Office for Counter linked the fact that all who attended Terrorism There was some surprise that there were seeking new ways through • European Association of Airport and was not more focus on Cyber activity new challenges and treating those Seaport Police (EAASP) and its potential implications for border challenges as opportunities to do • UK Border Force management information systems things better in the future. • EU Border Assistance Mission in but no surprise at all that there was Libya (EUBAM-Libya) a continuing theme on Information • EUROPOL Sharing. Again this year there were • AFRIPOL some very positive comments from The 2019 World Border Security • African Union Europol on the progress that has been Congress will take place in Casablanca, made in this area over the last 12 Morocco on 19th-21st March 2019, This was a truly global conference months. co-hosted by the Moroccan Ministry seeking to address global border of Interior and Directorate General for issues and challenges and one which A number of presenters spoke of the Migration and Border Surveillance. highlighted the need for continued continuing need for cooperation and efforts in developing, national, regional coordination and a quote that was Further details can be viewed at www. and international; Coordination, used on more than one occasion world-border-congress.com. Cooperation and Communication. captured the way forward: “Alone we can only do so much, but together we There was, this year, a great deal can do so much more”. of focus on migration pressures and the need for nations borders to be; Ordered – Structured and Safe to assist the enormous amount of migrant movement at a time when the displacement of people is even greater now than any time since the second world war.

As predicted, terrorism continued to be topic of special interest with a number of speakers presenting on the significant challenges that we all face globally and are likely to face for many years to come.

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minute, their unique iris integrated with an Gemalto’s Biometric scan is securely registered automated door barrier Authentication Technology with Colombia’s Border by INCOMELEC, SAS. After Management System a quick glance at the iris Aims to Revolutionize (BMS). When re-entering reader terminal, identity the country, previously is validated via a secure Automated Border Control in enrolled citizens simply digital process and the enter their national ID automatic doors swing Colombia number on a touchscreen open. Gemalto and INCOMELEC SAS, a Colombian partner, are transforming the immigration and VSD System Selected for border crossing in Colombia through biometric iris verification implemented by Migración Colombia, the Middle Eastern Military country’s border control agency. Border & Maritime Security Programme Cambridge Pixel’s Video Security Display (VSD) system has been selected as part of a military mobile protection programme in the Middle East, integrating multiple sensors (radar and cameras) to provide comprehensive and effective monitoring for a border and maritime security application.

This innovative solution queues, congested waiting was launched in February areas and travel weary with a pilot program citizens. “BIOMIG” mitigates at Bogota’s El Dorado these challenges while International Airport. complying with Colombia’s The Automated Border stringent border control Control (ABC), known security requirements. locally as “BIOMIG”, is The solution integrates benefiting both citizens a highly intuitive iris and border officials. recognition terminal that The project involves the “We are delighted that Gemalto’s ABC speeds allows swift long range supply of forty systems our Video Security Display identity authentication iris capture from 35 to 45 through Cambridge Pixel’s software has been and significantly reduces centimeters away. This Middle Eastern partner selected for this border bottlenecks in the eliminates physical contact - Defense Integrated and maritime security immigration process while with the terminal and Solutions Security Systems programme. The software maintaining strong security improves comfort and ease (DISS). Each system is has been designed to control for each traveler. of use. To use the service, equipped with multiple address a wide variety of A growing majority of Colombian citizens aged sensor interface hardware security and monitoring airport arrivals in Bogota – 12 and older only need and the VSD application requirements and will up to 60% - are Colombian to visit one of 30 BIOMIG software for deployment provide the end user citizens re-entering the enrollment stations at the on a mobile platform. with a highly flexible and country. This often results airport as they exit the David Johnson, CEO, powerful solution.” in long immigration country. In less than one Cambridge Pixel, said,

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infrastructure or frequent aggregates and checks power outages need a against everything from mobile, infrastructure- Facebook data to police independent screening interviews to ensure solution to ensure authorities can follow up security and maintaining on suspicious characters processing flow. and clear innocent With 20 years of travelers with confidence. experience applying AI to Basis Technology has human language, Basis also developed a mobile Technology is developing screening device that can operate entirely The core of the the DERMALOG Self a comprehensive, two independently of power DERMALOG solution is Registration Kiosk and pronged solution for these or internet connection, a so-called Automated the DERMALOG Gate. modern border security providing authorities with Biometric Identification Equipped with latest issues. the flexibility needed to System (ABIS). The camera and scanner For high volume points of deal with less-than-ideal multimodal system cannot technology, travelers entry, Basis Technology border security situations. only match fingerprints can be checked fully is developing a modern but also additional automated. The portfolio screening solution that biometric features such as is complemented by facial or iris patterns. This video surveillance systems makes DERMALOG ABIS with integrated face A Unique Solution for much more reliable than recognition. If monitoring solutions that only check from the airspace is Effective Border Control one identifier. required, the DERMALOG Situation: Border crossings have been increasing technology can also be Especially for border in virtually every country year over year. The US control at airports, integrated in drones. handled nearly 400 Million travelers in 2017, while DERMALOG has developed the UK processed over 300 Million people and Australia process over 40 Million people. To add to A Border Technology Story the complexity, most countries support hundreds of ports of entry, including air, sea and land. In 2015, three students a Bethnal Green Academy with known terrorists connections flew without issue from London to Syria to marry ISIS fighters. Had the screening process need of an update. taken into account their Areas with heavy traffic online history or Scotland need a robust identity Yard’s records, their verification process that terrorist plot would have checks against more ended in the airport. than just a list of names. Two of these “Jihadi Brides” Online history and police are still unaccounted for. report data provide While healthy border insight into an individual’s protection is critical in profile—and are essential a global economy, the information to modern technology in use at many border screening. points of entry is in serious Areas with poor

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Abstract Submittal Deadline - 31st July 2018 To discuss exhibiting and Submit your abstract online at www.world-border-congress.com sponsorship opportunities and your involvement please contact: Borders in the Maghreb are increasingly dangerous. Armed with tools designed for the pre–Arab Paul Gloc Spring environment, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia face a complex new world of transnational actors (UK and Rest of World) that leverage borders for profit and for sanctuary. E: [email protected] T: +44 (0) 7786 270 820 The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) was designed to deepen cooperation among the Maghreb states, buttress the region’s economy through greater interregional trade, enable the free movement of Paul McPherson people, and lay the groundwork for future political integration. However, the promise of an integrated (Americas) E: [email protected] Maghreb has not materialized, though the union still exists. T: +1-240-463-1700 The region is also a main thoroughfare for the West African human trafficking and migration route to Sam Baird Southern Europe, with access to Spanish soil and the EU border in the North African enclaves of Melilla (Germany, Austria, Switzerland & and Cueta, just a short journey from mainland Europe across the Meditteranean, whilst smuggling of Israel) arms and illegal goods across North Africa also adds pressure on the governments and border security E: [email protected] forces of the region. Annabel McQueen Advancements in technology are assisting in the battle to maintain safe and secure international travel (Benelux) and detect illigit goods and smuggling. The border security professional still remains the front line E: [email protected] T: +44 20 8249 6152 against these threats. Jerome Merite The World Border Security Congress is a high level 3 day event that will discuss and debate current and (France) future policies, implementation issues and challenges as well as new and developing technologies that E: [email protected] contribute towards safe and secure border and migration management. T: +33 (0) 6 11 27 10 53 We look forward to welcoming you to Casablanca, Morocco on 19th-21st March 2019 for the next Vishal Mehta gathering of border and migration management professionals. (India) E: [email protected] www.world-border-congress.com T: +91 99 999 85 425 for the international border management and security industry

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