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Homeland Security

3M Debuts Multinational Border Crossing Program

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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

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3M [MMM] has delivered to participating nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) a border security program called CARIPASS, which it says is the first multilateral border crossing program in the world. CARIPASS is a voluntary travel card program that provides secure and simple border crossings for citizens and legal residents of 10 CARICOM nations. To participate, eligible travelers pre-enroll at local immigration or designated offices and have a facial image and two fingerprint images captured. Users are issued a 2D…

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