Border Management

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INTERPOL World  2015 will focus on four key domains and one of them is Border Management.

With the increasing mobility of people and goods in our globalized world, organized crime groups are making use of easy and convenient trans-border access to commit crimes. For this reason, border security management is one of INTERPOL’s priorities.

Perpetrators of terrorism; trafficking in human beings, arms and drugs; environmental crime; fraud; identity theft and many other types of crime continuously change their modus operandi to avoid detection by national law enforcement agencies, but many of these crimes involve the physical crossing of a border by people or goods.

Political and economic disputes and divergences may often prevent countries from effectively collaborating together on security issues. INTERPOL, as the only truly global police organization and with the operational tools at its disposal, can serve as the focus of coordinated border security efforts among member countries.

A coordinated approach, directed by INTERPOL, is therefore essential to eliminate duplication of mechanisms and efforts and to improve border security management around the world.

HIGH TURNOVER FOR TRANS-BORDER CRIMES

• The global border security market size was USD 16.3 billion in 2012, expected to increase to USD 32.5 billion by 2021. The intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance segment will contribute more than 40 per cent to this market by 2021 (Frost & Sullivan Global Border and
  Maritime Security Market Assessment, 2013).
• Border security remains a more fragmented market, and has relied on human-intensive techniques, such as lookout posts, guards, or paramilitaries. According to Frost & Sullivan, this will change over the forecast period with technology adoption and better ISR solutions being
  procured in the market.
• It was revealed at the 2012 World Economic Forum that the cross-border flow of global proceeds from criminal activities, corruption and tax evasion is estimated at over USD 1 trillion.
• Illegal drugs and counterfeit goods each account for 8 per cent of the world trade (2012 World Economic Forum).