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Heightened security at ports worldwide post-9/11 has served as an unexpected windfall for smugglers.
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Canadian security and emergency personnel participated in a disaster response drill at the Port of Vancouver on Feb. 18. The drill simulated a radiological bomb, aka a “dirty bomb,” being smuggled into the port in a shipping container and then detonating. The drill, covering everything from detection to decontamination, was the largest of its type in Canada to date. Canada is one of nearly three dozen countries participating in the U.S. Container Security Initiative (CSI), which was established to identify and inspect high-risk shipping containers in foreign ports before they depart for the United States.


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