Vigilance can authoritatively report that as the year 2011 drew to a close the hidden £9.9m in cash, which was detected by dogs based at the UK's airports and ports, was seized by UK Border Agency officials.
It’s heart warming to know that in Britain people are becoming more and more security conscious, home security, especially, as a research carried out last year by YouGov on behalf of ADT, the home security specialist has confirmed that over three quarters of adults who go on holiday (78%) take steps to make their homes look lived-in while they’re away.
Vigilance can report that major revisions to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (the STCW Convention), and its associated Code came into into force on 1 January 2012, with a five-year transitional period until 1 January 2017.
WASHINGTON: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano last week toured operations and received briefings at DHS facilities in the National Capital Region. The Secretary toured Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection operations at Washington Dulles International Airport, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes Center in Virginia, the Secret Service’s James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Md. and the FEMA IMAT and the Fairfax USAR team in Herndon, Va. - highlighting the major steps the Department had taken last year to enhance America's capabilities to guard against terrorism; secure the nation's borders; engage in smart enforcement of our immigration laws; safeguard and secure cyberspace; prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters; and to mature and strengthen the homeland security enterprise.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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