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2 (~RTA;~ US NationalCentralBureau~. ~ND st~/ -. ~w<' " Central point of contact for Interpol (& Europol) business in the U.S. Component Co-managed of the US DOJ by US DHS 27 Participating US police agencies 64 State Liaison Offices USDA iiiii

3 USNCB Information Sharing I Principles Leverage existing resources Leverage existing partnerships Ease and availability of use Standard protocols and procedures USNCB as focal coordinating point for 18,000+ US Law Enforcement Agencies

4 How does USNCB Share Information?, v'" Placement of Interpol 'Lookouts' in national../ Technical Interfaces U tegrated que for border points (e.g., APIS and SL TO reporting)

5 A Day at the US Border... Protect more than- - 5,000 miles of border with Canada - 1,900 miles of border with Mexico - 95,000 miles of shoreline -326 Ports of Entry -20 Sectors -142 Border Patrol Stations -33 permanent checkpoints -Over 1.16 Million Passengers -327,042 Vehicles -31,691 Truck, Rail and Sea Containers -2,790 Aircraft -297 Vessels

6 A Day at the US Border... (cont.) ~! ~ 1,768 lbs of narcotics Seized at Ports of entry ~$424,658 in Counterfeit Goods ~ $127,123 in Cargo Merchandise seized ~ $88,063 in Currency seized ~3,OI4 Border Patrol Arrests ~7,671 Inadmissible Agricultural Items,~:.~._- flt'~. it. ;;.' ~574 refusals of Non-Citizens at POEs ~63 Refusals of Criminal Aliens ~71 Fraudulent Document Intercepts

7 Advance Passenger Information System " (APIS) ~ The electronic data interchange system approved by US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) for air and sea carrier transmissions (to CBP) of electronic passenger, crew member, and noncrew member manifest data. ~ Pre-departure manifest data

8 d APIS/INTERPOL SLTO Interface"~' " P't..ti:",..,...,~ ~ Routine checks of in-bound int~'. ' ati passengers against Int passport data ~'J>t;~~~'f ~ Piloted at JFK in October 2007 ~ LAX, MIA, ORO, A TL, EWR online ~ Ave. 60,000 searches & 9 hits per day ~ Phased implementation to remaining US international airports in 2008

9 JFK Airport - January A Sri Lankan national attempted to enter United States on stolen fraudulent Canadian passports - Rapid and secure communications between IP Washington and IP Ottawa facilitated the quick detection of a second fraudulent traveler - Authorities identified a pattern of Sri Lankan nationals attempting to enter Canada on stolen passports

10 Barbados - June 2007 It I Subject attempted to enter Barbados with a U.S. passport reported lost by a U.S. army official in 2006 ~ An SLTD Database query returned a positive hit on the document. Authorities also discovered a falsified Dominican passport. == Subject admitted to paying $10,000 - for 2 Dominican passports, 1 U.S. passport, and a credit card. Subject is wanted in the U.S. on drug charges

11 Venezuela USNCB confirmed the identification of a Black notice subj ect issued by Venezuela Matched FBI prints on drug trafficker Subject on record with Immigration and deported from US in 2006

12 Spain USNCB confirmed the positive identification of subject wanted by Spain for rape and is working with local authorities to confirm his location and conduct investigative follow-up.

13 Secundina Santana: Red Notice Wanted for the murder Issued at the request of Panama on 31 Dec A fugitive arrested by fingerprint search - Acting out of jealousy, mur ed a '!te6 woman who was four OrJths~eS. r pregnant. ~~ E) \ ~;I - In August 994, received wt1j.o~d of 15 years n~\q;). - Escaped pri on f~n_a - Thanks to Inter atabase, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested her for the murder committed 15 years ago. L1 PRFsrSI I AMILYN.\ME: S."~T1\\l..\ YAN(itlIZ 1.~ FAMIL"N;\\fFArUIKIII N:. \ 1.3 j OREKi.\.\lE$ S,:clInJin:'1 1.4 ~1;X F J.5 tm re t\;-..li)pl.al:l:<.jf I\IR nl 15.!. nll:.l.r\ 1 ~1 - Cul6n. "lm:!1i \1.$0 t-:.ntj\\"l' A$' 1'\.'.'\. 1.7 UTHf:!( Dl\n:$ or BlltTlllJSEl>: ~'jf;\ I.g FAT1IFR'S ra~1!i YNr\\1L AI':IJ roi{fn. \\1ES: ~A:\T:\N:\I "rt">:mlj J I} i\'lniiil~r's M:':ID1:N ~.-\ \H~,\ND f:()hi'~a~li~: Y.~\"(~U-.l Cd..:tfeui:1 I 1(1 IIWNUI Y Ct:J:\fJR~. lln 1.11 N.r\ nona.i.lty: I)ANA~I.\NIAN {C(JNIII~"IJ::l)l 1.1:: IDI.NTn \' l.x)( t:~ tr:-.;i~: lr,knli:::,at" \('.~ I:::7.~ci~.i.. 'Jl J ill ('"It'll. P:'I;::III1:. ),13 OCCUflA'IION: N:A ,,\N(iUA<iLS,s")KfN: Sp:mi~h 1.15 J)!..',;CRWll0N li:11r; lj:irl t':t't"\f1 J;)l:~: l)<irll'fii\\tl IillilJ "11m ~.1{\ 1)'SllNj~!;ISll'NG \I:\RK~ \"() CI!:\I<.<\C II'RI'il res 'Jr\ 1.17 D1'\ACOllE: N:\ I. IS RUi!I)Ns.O)UNnW:!' UKU.Y ']"1) BE VISi ruj: CCI;lml,\ml.'rK::l. (inlld SI;Il~.'" J.19 :\I)Ullr()S:\LH"'~'UI(~\;\II(IN: s:\

14 ~ NGUYEN fin Van Tich: Red Notice Wanted pedophile Nguyen was arrested by ICE agents Aprll13.at an apartment in Garden Grove after the agency receiv~d. ~ tip from Interpol.. j ;. about the outstanding warrant. The Belgian citizen entered th~ United States iiilder the Visa Waiver Program at a border crossing in New Yorldn Apri12005, six months before Belgian authorities issued the warrant for his arrest.

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