Terrorists and criminals with an arrest warrant outstanding or those accused of being involved in activities against global security and international criminal cases will be detected given that Peru and the United States have agreed to exchange information on passengers and crew members traveling on flights to and from both countries.
To that end, Peru’s National Migration Superintendent Boris Potozen and Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Richard Gil Kerlikowske signed on Friday, April 29, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two organizations.
The document is an essential tool in the fight against terrorism and international criminal groups, and is intended to protect Peru and the United States from these scourges.
The two countries seek to improve their capacities to track and identify people that represent a threat to nations.
Exchange of information
According to the document, the United States and Peru are committed to exchanging information. The Department of Immigration will provide U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CBP with passenger, crew and flight details under the Advance Passenger Information System, or APIS.
Such information will be obtained upon departure and will be issued, by airlines, to immigration authorities in real time.
The Department of Immigration will also pass off information to the U.S. entity in real time.
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Published: 4/30/2016