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Security * USA - Expert warns of smuggling via prescreened trucks
Austin,Texas,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Reed Black -November 23, 2009: -- Prescreened Mexican trucks account for 6 percent of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism traffic, but account for half of all the security violations. One homeland security analyst says that the CT-PAT program that expedites Mexican border crossings for prescreened companies and drivers is being exploited by drug traffickers... David McIntyre, director of Integrative Center for Homeland Security at Texas A&M University, says drug trafficking, illegal immigration and Mexican border gang violence are just symptoms of a bigger problem. He is quoted in an Associated Press story on Monday that says drug gangs are sometimes targeting the prescreened trucks, then intimidating or bribing the drivers and loading the trailers with tons of marijuana... He told OOIDA’s radio show, Land Line Now on Sirius-XM,that that problem is corruption... * New Jersey - Bill seeks help of truckers in reporting suspicious activity
Trenton,NJ,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Keith Goble -November 24, 2009: ... A bill awaiting a floor vote before the full Senate would make an exception from the state’s cell phone law for truck drivers to assist in national security efforts. Assembly lawmakers already approved a similar version... However, with a little more than six weeks remaining in the legislative session, time is running out for the bill to advance to the governor’s desk, which would exempt the use of CBs and two-way radios from the state’s ban on hand-held communication devices while behind the wheel. They could be used by truck drivers to assist law enforcement efforts and communicate vital information while on the job. Operators of emergency vehicles also would be granted special privilege... (Photo from pfpa.mil: background suspicious)
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