All Entries in the "HOMELAND SECURITY" Category
C-TPAT Annual Supply Chain Security Training Seminar in Anaheim
- / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection is hosting the 2010 C-TPAT Supply Chain Security Training Seminar in Anaheim, California. This year’s theme is “Balancing Supply Chain Security & Economic Efficiency”. Registration is free, but only C-TPAT certified or validated companies can attend. CBP allows each company to have up to 2 [...]
Women In Homeland Security (WHS) Opens Chapter in Florida
- / N2N / – WHS is proud to announce its first formal event. A kick off cocktail party will be held on Monday, February 1st 2010. The event will be held Monday February 1st, 2010 at 6pm at RoboVault, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It will be a relaxing evening and wonderful company. The guest [...]
CBP Pilot, Agents Thwart Smuggling Attempt at Texas Riverfront
Rio Grande City, Texas – / N2N / – A Customs and Border Protection helicopter yesterday led Border Patrol agents to 1,100 pounds of marijuana valued at $880,000. The marijuana apparently was being smuggled by boat to a waiting pickup when spotted near Rio Grande City, Texas. CBP personnel, helicopter inspect scene of marijuana smuggling [...]
CBP Thwarts Wierd Smuggling Attempts
San Diego – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at ports of entry along the California/Mexico border work each day to secure the nation’s border and stop illegal activity. While well known for seizing narcotics and stopping people from illegally entering the United States, these officers are also responsible for enforcing [...]
Border Patrol Agents Seize Cash, Cocaine
Blythe, California – / N2N / – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Blythe Station seized more than $80,000 in cash and two pounds of cocaine in separate smuggling attempts over the weekend. Border Patrol agents arrested two individuals traveling in a 2008 Gray Chrysler 300. During the vehicle stop, a K-9 team alerted to [...]
Smugglers Vehicle Ends Up in Rio Grande
Weslaco, Texas – / N2N / – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Weslaco station seized 962 pounds of marijuana Tuesday. Agents on patrol south of Donna, Texas, observed a suspicious pick-up truck traveling north from the Rio Grande at a high rate of speed. When the driver spotted agents approaching he made a [...]
Obama’s Statement on Terrorist Attack
- / N2N / – Good morning, everybody. I wanted to take just a few minutes to update the American people on the attempted terrorist attack that occurred on Christmas Day and the steps we’re taking to ensure the safety and security of the country. The investigation’s ongoing. And I spoke again this morning with [...]
CBP Seizes Plants and Seeds
San Francisco – / N2N / – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at the San Francisco International Airport and Oakland Seaport have made several important plant, seed, and citrus peel discoveries so far this December. They intercepted live orchids and bonsai trees in mail shipments, discovered contaminant seeds in the refrigeration unit [...]
Homeland Security 2009 Accomplishments
- / N2N / – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today highlighted the Department’s 2009 accomplishments in an address to employees—emphasizing the major steps the Department has taken this year to enhance America’s capabilities to guard against terrorism; secure the nation’s borders; engage in smart enforcement of our immigration laws; prepare for, [...]
DHS Announces Grants for Transit Security
- / N2N / – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the release of application guidance for the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) totaling an estimated $253 million—funds for state, local and territorial governments and private sector entities to strengthen the nation’s transportation infrastructure and protect the traveling public from acts [...]
New Center to Ensure Safety of Imported Goods
- / N2N / – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the creation of the Import Safety Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC)—a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility designed to streamline and enhance federal efforts to address import safety issues. “In addition to guarding against terrorism and crime, [...]
US/Mexico Sign Declaration of Principles
- / N2N / – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) Agustín Carstens today signed an updated and enhanced Declaration of Principles (DOP)—accomplishing the goals they outlined in June to create a joint United States-Mexico framework to improve security along the Southwest border and [...]
CBP Launches Unmanned Recon Drone
Washington – / N2N / – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection took delivery today of the first maritime variant of the Predator B unmanned aircraft system. At a ceremony in Palmdale, California, CBP, U.S. Coast Guard, and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. unveiled the prototype maritime variant Predator B, known as Guardian. To support [...]
