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Starting in December, U.S. Customs wants to simplify air cargo screening.

Under a new pilot program, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the entry process for air cargo  is designed to reduce the number of customs holds that delay air cargo and help give shippers a better idea of when they can take possession of their goods Already starting in December, importers or brokers of air [...]

Joe Parry says: In Intelligence Infographics ” a good sketch is better than a long speech”.

How should we communicate the results of our analysis to decision-makers? How to visualize key information for decision makers?  The talk of Joe Parry argued that visualisations and infographics play a very important role, not only for analytical processes of data analysts, but also for explaining the analytical results to decision-makers at the highest of [...]

In the world Marihuana consumption leads, but synthetic drugs surpassed cocaine and heroin.

New York- Tuesday 13,2011.- The United Nations reported today that synthetic drugs like ecstasy and methamphetamine have moved up in the rankings to a  second place within the illicit drugs consumption.   In the world, synthetic drugs are now more used than cocaine and heroin. Only marihuana is the most common hallucinogen in the globe, more [...]

Univisión: Bolivian Police Commander Oscar Nina accused of complicity with Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman and Sinaloa Cartel

The U.S. television network Univision claims to have access to Bolivian intelligence reports. In Univision´s report, released Thursday, the network linked the former commander of the Bolivian Police General Oscar Nina with the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera , known as “Chapo” (Shorty). The Police Commander Nina allegedly provided protection when Chapo [...]

El Salvador will use military discipline to counter gang influence on young

The Minister of National Defense of El Salvador, David Munguia Payés , said that the plan is aimed at those young people “at risk” living in areas of influence of the “maras” (a dangerous international gang linked to Zetas and other criminal groups) . The project will be presented by the government to the United [...]

Montevideo: 11th Summit of Latin America Interpol Working Group on cyber & tech crime

During the inauguration in Montevideo, Uruguay of the XI International Conference of the Interpol Working Group on Technology Crime (including cybercrime) , the President of the Interpol Working Group Mr. Miguel Angel Justo (from Argentina) said that “the police of the countries of Latin America must bring their national legislation on tech crime to the conference, [...]

Crime and violence within social networks like Facebook

In the beginning, social networks were just a new way of socializing among friends and business people. In the last few years, some people have begun using these networks for other purposes than family and friends.  Using facebook some people started a political movement that ended in the Egyptian revolution against Mubarak. Others organize urban riots like some [...]

U.S. liberals start debating budget cuts for Homeland Security

The coming wave of U.S. defense budget cuts will apparently be followed by less spending on Homeland Security. Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. Government is spending near $75 Billion per year on U.S. Homeland Security. Whether the Spending Spree has been worthwhile is the subject of increasing debate, especially among U.S. liberals…READ [...]

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Judge Baltasar Garzón called for citizens responsibility in security policies.

During a lecture under the XXIX Interdisciplinary Course on Human Rights which concluded on August 19th at the American Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica, the Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón said that governments foster instability among citizens when politicians elaborate security policies without consulting the people. Garzón  called upon the american states to include [...]

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