P740c anti terrorism risk targeting Flashcards
In purpose of risk targeting, what is the first thing you identify and elimniate?
What is the second?
- Potential threats the US related to terrorist activities
- violations of national security products currency and other CBP laws
What is the purpose of risk targeting and passenger processing?
To identify and eliminate
What are some risk targeting resources?
- TECS
- ATS-P
- Advanced passenger information system(APIS)
- Automated targeting system quick queries(ATS-QQ)
- Teams
- Technology
What does TECS provide?
- Lookouts( persons or businesses)
- NCIC warrants
- Intel alerts/reports
- Crossing history of vehicles
Queries on anything you can think of
What does IDENT provide?
Fingerprint analysis, important to take good prints
Runs criminal and immigration on fingerprints
What does ATS-P provide?
Provides records from other databases all in one bundle
TECS, interpol, adis, visa, savi, apis,
What does APIS provide?
Advanced passenger information system
-Stores manifest information
Signed into law 11/19/01 by george w bush, aviation and transportation security act
Required within 60 mins of arrival/departure
When is ATS-QQ used?
When TECS is unavailable, can be accessed through internet
What are some anti terrorism teams?
PAU passenger analysis units
CTR counter terrorism response
A-TCET anti terrorism contraband enforcement team
Canine teams
More examples of teams?
TAU tactical analysis units
National targeting center-passenger NTC-P
Advanced targeting unit ATU
National targeting center-cargo
NTC-C
Risk targeting resources: technology
PRD
X ray vans
To identify high risk targets, what must you be familiar with?
- World geography
- Known source country
- Travelers, travel patterns typical at your port
- trends and previous seizures
Identifying high risk targets at land border?
Need to know surrounding cities
Identifying high risk targets at airport?
Passenger travel route is mist efficient and economical
What is 28 CFR 0.85?
Clue definition of terrorism
Unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment there of, in furtherance of political or social objectives
Ten terrorist incidents since 1993?
- ongoing Israeli Palestinian conflict
- 1995 Tokyo Sarin Attack
- 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
- 1998 us embassy bombing kenya
- 2000 uss cole bombing
- 2001 WTC
- 2003 bogota bombing
- 2004 madrid bombing
- 2008 mumbai bombing
- 2010 moscow metro bombing
What is the terrorist philosophy?
Idealist who believe they are engaged in partisan struggle for their view of a perfect world
Freedom fighters, proud of their actions, various countries or groups
Terrorist operate in cells, members of terrorist cells?
May not know one another
Have specialized training
Examples of specialized training for terrorist cells?
Intelligence( surveillance, videotaping)
Financing(fundraising, money launder)
Operations(recruiting, supervising, training)
Foot soldiers(executing attack)
What are some terrorist characteristics?
- Dedicated
- fully committed and devoted
- fairly intelligent
- able to mix inconspicuously with international executive set
- loyal
- speak english, other launguages
Terrorist modes of operation?
Can execute detailed plans
Operate legally until attack
Try to blend into mainstream
Avoid leaving data trail
Isolate foot soldiers from other cells
Vary travel patterns
In TECS where can you find current threat reports?
GQ01 (MOIR)
What factors can indicate an association with terrorism?
- unusual travel patterns
- fraudulent or multiple identity docs
- declared and undeclared money
- inconsistencies and behavioral cues
- evidence of WME’s
- images of possible terrorist targets
When potential terrorist/watch list person is identified before arrival, what must be done?
- Assign CTR officer
- arrange escort/transport to CTR secondary by two armed officers
- identify travel companions, secondary them
- examine vehicles thoroughly( land border)
Terrorist identities datamart environment (TIDE) lookout, response?
Owned by NCTC
- Refer exact match to secondary
- verify the need to contact NTC
- contact NTC if port vetting criteria not met
In ATS what does B10, and B15 mean?
B10 TIDE record
B15 former TIPOFF record
What is the directive for responding to potential terrorist?
3340-021B
What are some things terrorist have done to raise money?
- Bogus checks( found 12 million)
- cigarette resale scheme
- money smuggling outbound
What is money laundering?
Attempting to legitimize profits derived from unlawful activites
Examples of unlawful activity for money laundering?
Drug smuggling Trade fraud Export violations Sanction embargo violations Tax scams Child pornography
What are some money laundering schemes?
- Black market peso exchange
- Hawala alternative remittance
What are some indicators to look for when trying to find hawala practice was used?
Notebooks, scraps of papers, diaries, high number of phones and faxes, multiple ID’s, financial ledgers
Money laundering indicators?
- Negotiable instruments
- large sums of currency
- multiple money orders
- wire transfer receipts
- stock certificates, bonds
- account summary showing large deposits
- paper for printing checks
- gems or precious medals
- fax logs
Money concealment methods?
Carried on body
In luggage or personal belongings
Document TECS results positive or negative
Narco terrorism?
Narcotics production
Protection of traffickers
Funding of terrorist activities
Narco terrorism groups?
-Al Qaida ( sell opium to fund terrorism)
( kidnapping for ransom)
- FARC revolutionary armed forces of columbia
- ELN national liberation army
PKK Kurdistan workers party
( protect drug lords and loads)
UWSA united wa state army
( meth and heroin trafficking)
Which areas pose the highest threat of illicit drug trafficking known as high risk source countries?
South america
Nigeria
Golden crescent
Golden triangle
What are the high risk source countries in south america?
Venezuela
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Golden crescent?
Iran
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Golden triangle?
Myanmar (burma)
Thailand
Laos
Which countries produce most ecstasy?
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Emerging marijuana producers?
Malawi
Swaziland
Lesotho
South africa
Where is the highest cocaine cultivation?
80% south america
Opium trafficking?
07 Afghanistan 95 %
01 burma
01 south america and mexico 90 metric tons
Colombia 60%
Mexico 24%
What is khat?
Leaf of evergreen native to east Africa and southern Asia
Khat is most seized from?
Travelers arriving from Europe but traced to countries where it originated
How is khat smuggled?
- Passenger luggage
- Overnight express mail
- Shipped as air cargo and falsely labeled as vegetables
Narcotic smuggling techniques?
-Passengers
Body carriers
Internal carriers
-Personal belongings
Carry on luggage
Checked luggage
Conveyances
Narcotic trafficking indicators?
- Frequent travel to known source country
- inconsistent income level and frequent travel
- nervous behavior
- bulges on traveler
- lack of traveler familiarity with vehicle
- new screws, fresh paint, tool marks on vehcile
