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Oct 21, 2014

NAFTA * USA / Mexico Border: Strike deal on trusted traders

* Border solutions - Mutual agreement for each other's programs


(Photo: Delayed Traffic on the Mexican side of the. San Ysidro, San Diego, Tijuana crossing at the Mexican USA border) 
San Ysidro,Tijuana,Baja California,México -UT San Diego (USA), by Sandra Dibble -Oct 18, 2014: -- Backed by trucking groups, customs brokers and others involved in cross-border trade, the United States (of A.) and Mexico announced an agreement Friday aimed at streamlining the passage of goods across the border in both directions... Members of trusted trader programs who voluntarily submit to an extensive verification process are able move goods across the U.S.A.-Mexico border faster than those who are not enrolled. The agreement potentially benefits anyone involved in cross-border trade in both countries, from shippers to manufacturers to brokers. Eventually, it could lead to a single application for both the U.S.A. and Mexican programs...

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Nov 25, 2009

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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Mar 20, 2009

SECURITY * USA - U.S. Deploys Truck-Borne X-Ray Scanners

CAL,USA -NTI Global Security Newswire/Associated Press/Fresno Bee, by Arthur Rotstein -March 19, 2009: -- The U.S. Border Patrol has begun deploying pickup trucks loaded with X-ray technology that can be used to detect nuclear or radiological threats, the Associated Press reported... The "backscatter radiation technology" devices fire weak X-ray beams that reflect off targets and send an image to a laptop computer operated by a border agent in the truck...Four of the $750,000 devices have been deployed in Arizona, California and Texas... The U.S. Transportation Security Administration tested the system for use at airport security checkpoints but ultimately selected a separate device for consideration... (Photo from defense industry daily.com: Truck X-Ray)

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Sep 28, 2007

Enhanced Security * USA - Most Trucks To Be Tagged At Port For

Starting Dec. 1, nearly every truck moving through the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will have a “TruckTag”

Long Beach,CA,USA -Gazette Newspapers, by Kurt Helin -27 Sept 2007: -- The 25,000 trucks that usually move through the ports each day will be tagged soon... That tag is scanned and instantly can check a vehicle’s security clearance and time of arrival and departure. The program will be run by PierPass, the company that set up and oversees the nights/weekends port hours that began two years ago... The United States Department of Homeland Security has pushed for this program for some time... (Photo from defenseindustrydaily.com: American Science and Engineering's Z-Backscatter Vans)

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Aug 1, 2007

Border Security * UK - BIFA Urge Government to Add Cargo to Review of

BIFA, the trade association which represents the interests of Britain's freight forwarding community, welcomes the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown's recent announcement of a review of the UK's border security arrangements and commitment to a new unified border force at air and seaports

London,UK -Transport News Network/TNN, by Gerald Woodgate -1 Aug 2007: -- However, as a stakeholder in the Government's existing 'Border Management Programme', promoting closer working between Customs, the UK Immigration Service and the Police, BIFA would encourage the Government to look beyond 'people' and include 'cargo movement' through our air and seaports in its plans. It should also extend its plans to include all government departments and agencies with a 'control at border' remit...

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