New system to track illegals at airport

The Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) has installed a new system at the Dubai International Airport (DIA) to record and store data of people who have been deported for various reasons.

The system will help the immigration authorities to prevent the re-entry of such people.

The move is part of the best global technological practices and standards in the field of passport control to manage the entry procedures effectively.

This system enhances the safety and the security of the UAE as it facilitates the process of identifying people whose entry into the UAE has been banned.

Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Department and Chairman of Emirates, has hailed the efforts of the DNRD employees in protecting the country from illegals and contributing to the safety and security of the UAE.

Shaikh Ahmed attended a ceremony organised by DNRD at Al Bustan Rotana Hotel yesterday to honour the 125 DNRD passport control officers at the Dubai International Airport who seized 619 counterfeit passports and uncovered impostors during the second half of 2007.

The ceremony was attended by DNRD Director Major-General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, DNRD Deputy Director Brigadier-General Obeid Mehayer bin Suroor, DNRD Director of Airports and Land Border Points Colonel Salah bin Suloom and other senior officials. Source

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UAE to use satellites to crack down on crimes

A combination of unmanned aircraft and satellites could be used in the UAE soon for civilian purposes to track down criminals and criminal activities, a senior official of Ministry of Defence said yesterday.

While announcing the hosting of the region’s first Defence Geospatial Intelligence Conference in Dubai from April 27 to 29, Colonel Adel Ahmed Sultan of Defence Ministry, said satellite technologies will be soon used to crack down on crimes in the country.

Commenting on the geographical information available on the Internet, Col. Adel said that it does not pose any security threat as the information is not complete. “I believe that nobody can raise any security threat with the information available on the Internet as it is not 100 per cent accurate information,” he said.

Defence Geospatial Intelligence Conference will be held under the patronage of Ministry of Defence and organised by International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC).

Hugh James, Divisional Director of Defence IQ, IQPC Middle East, said, “The three-day Geospatial Intelligence Middle East forum will give military personnel an opportunity to meet key decision-makers and exchange knowledge of best practices and expertise.”

The summit will straddle the military-civilian divide to drive forward regional geospatial development. With exclusive case studies from some of the global leaders in intelligence exploitation, this event will tackle the inter-operability and integration head-on.

“The conference will deliver critical information to senior decision-makers in the defence, aerospace and technology sectors, tackling issues relating to the latest defence plans, requirements, programmes and technologies and how they affect the industry,” said James.

“Within the GCC countries, the use of geographic information is increasingly valuable in the defence sector as well as in civilian sphere in terms of regional development and ensuring national security. As the threat to national security increases, asymmetrical partnership between military, security and civilian organisations has become critical,” said James. Source

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UAE and UK discuss criminal security cooperation

The UAE Interior Ministry and UK Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) explored on Tuesday mechanisms for boosting the already existing bilateral cooperation on criminal security.
The talks were held between Brigadier Abdullah Al Bedaiwi, Deputy Director of the Ministry's Criminal Security Department and the visiting SOCA delegation. WAM

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25 jail wardens plead not guilty to assault of prisoners

Twenty-five jail wardens, including a former prison director and three lieutenants, on Sunday pleaded not guilty to abusing their authority and assaulting prisoners.

The Public Prosecution charged them with assault, which led to the permanent disability of an Armenian prisoner, abusing authority to beat prisoners and instigating jail wardens to beat prisoners. Source

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Zirconium broker faces trial before Dubai Court

Dubai prosecution has referred an Arab national to the Criminal Court to stand trial for allegedly brokering import of Zirconium into the country.

Zirconium, a lustrous, gray-white, strong transition metal is used in nuclear reactors, and has multiple uses. The import of mineral zircon is regulated by UAE's Federal Law No.12 (2007) which stipulates stringent control on the import of commodities of multiple uses.

Dubai's Attorney General Esam Al Humaidan said that the Prosecution has maintained utmost care at every step of investigation since issuing an order to arrest the accused and confiscate the consignment.

The accused and all the witnesses were interrogated with great care in an effort to reach the truth about the attempt, said a statement from Dubai Prosecution.

Al Humaidan added that the accused was found brokering with local traders for the import of 240kg of zirconium, which was meant to be re-exported to other destinations.

Zirconium, an alloying agent due to its high resistance to corrosion is also used in developing rocket systems.

The Attorney General noted that the foiling of the attempt by state security authorities stands testimony to the efforts of UAE in keeping the country free from weapons of mass destruction.

The import of materials with multiple-uses is not banned by UAE, but regulated by stringent rules to eliminate the chances of misusing them.

This is one of the major cases to be seen by a court in UAE pertaining to the violation of state security and the Federal Law No. 12(2007). (WAM)

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