IATA, US Agree On Aviation Security Cooperation

by Source: IATA

Sun, Jan 24, 2010

Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) hosted an historic aviation security summit with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano spearheaded a new era of industry/government cooperation to improve aviation security around the world.

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US seeks Euro collaboration on aviation security

by Security document world

Sun, Jan 24, 2010

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has met her European counterparts in Spain in a bid to bolster international aviation security measures and standards.

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Aviation security: the U.S. list of countries at risk should be changed

Sun, Jan 24, 2010

ALGIERS - The U.S. list of risk countries including Algeria is expected to undergo "some changes", said Sunday in Algiers the deputy assistant secretary in charge of American affairs in the Middle East at the State Department, Janet Sanderson.

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Nigeria mulls air marshals on US-bound flights : minister

Fri, Jan 22, 2010

ABUJA — Nigeria plans to deploy air marshals on all flights to the United States after the foiled attack on a US jetliner by a Nigerian man, the aviation minister said.

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Suspected Aviation Network Has Al Qaeda Links

Fri, Jan 22, 2010

It was two years back when an official working in U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported about the fleet of rogue aircrafts flying over the Atlantic. The aircrafts were suspected to be used for criminal and terrorist activities.

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DEA Uncovers Drug-Terror Nexus

Fri, Jan 22, 2010

Using tried and true methods of investigation, the US Drug Enforcement Administration has uncovered the first indications of a significant drug-terror nexus between Latin America and West Africa, Samuel Logan writes for ISN Security Watch. By Samuel Logan for ISN Security Watch

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