StopLoss: clandestine migration 2024
The smuggling of people into the affluent countries of North America and Europe has increased in recent years as people flee civil wars or persecution in their own countries, or simply seek a better life. All modes of transport and types of cargo transport unit (CTU) are exposed to this issue. The international clandestine migration of people has become a persistent threat to the unitised supply chain. Criminal organisations are often the facilitators of this clandestine movement. They know that the simplest way to move people across international borders is to hide them in legitimate freight transport. In order to combat the criminal threat and the aspirations of the migrant or stowaway, all stakeholders in the supply chain need to be constantly vigilant.
