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Homeland Security

DHS Unveils Small Vessel Security Implementation Plan

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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

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Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have unveiled a new four-pronged plan to prevent the use of small vessels such as yachts, speedboats and commercial fishing boats, from being used to smuggle everything from illicit narcotics to weapons of mass destruction. The plan, developed by the two components within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), looks to meld advanced tracking and detection technologies with a more fluid system of shifting that information across interagency lines, reports our sister…

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