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30 be 5 Beaver | Thursday, September 7, 2023 | insidehalton.com 2 HOW IS THE CBSA RESPONDING TO INFLUX OF STOLEN VEHICLES? MIKE PEARSON mpearson@hamilton news.com While stolen vehicles are somenmes transported by — rail, th ally ex- ported by. sea, destined tobe massive profits. stolen vehicles intercepted at the Port of Montrea’ h has increased each y hod hittinga highoft of 1, 059in in ooe asked the CBSA to explain how the agency is responding to an influx of stolen vehicles at the Port of treal. The agency's responses have been edited for length. HOW DOES THE CBSA SCREEN CONTAINERS DESTINED FOR OVER- ‘SEAS MARKETS? The Canada Border Ser- vices Agency (CBSA) has a ite to screen goods en- tering and leaving da and supports the Govern- STOLEN SHIPPED SOLD ment of Canada's efforts to combat organized crime by using a risk management approach to identify and in- tercept shipments contain- ing contraband or goods ob- tained through crime. The agency works regularly and closely with domestic and international partners in a joint effort to ensure border security, including intelli- gence and law enforcement. that impacts many commu- nities. It isa domestic crime investigated by police juris- dictions across the country. In the case of interceptions of stolen cars at the point of export, the CBSA works in partnership with the local police, and other intelli- gence sources. The CBSA reviews all information pro- vided by the police to stop stolen vehicles from being exported. 7 The he agency n mon. threats ‘related t to vehicle theft, such as the use of ve- hicle exports for transna- tional money laundering. HOW OFTEN ARE CONTAINERS INSPECTED? ARE ALL CONTAINERS INSPECTED? OR ARE CONTAINERS RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR IN- SPECTION? The agency's resources are strategically allocated to remain operationally flexible to respond to any threats or service demands at our ports of entry. The CBSA assesses the risk of marine containers to ont potentially high- risk shipments. All contain- ers and the goods inside must be declared and each declaration is subject. to a ae assessment. A¢ “a tions using detection tech- nologies such as X-1 “ray and which can detect the ores. ence of vehicles many Kinds of targeted go goods Fol- lowing goods may hag subject to to re ther examination, which is required to establish the le- gitimate ownership of sus- pected stolen goods. HOW DO BORDER OFFICERS vestigation and interroga- tion techniques. As with all modes of transportation, they use a risk manage- ment approach, security in- telligence, state-of-the-art detection technologies, and they look for deceptive indi- cators to determine wheth- further examination, such as container unload- ing, is required. Border offi- cers assigned to the marine mode are on the docks toi i tercept: ae to non-intrusive inspec- Reliable. Committed Responsive. hicles. They are primarily Stolen Vehicles Intercepted at The Port of Montreal fiiftaac te Source: Canada Border Senices Agency involved in container and vessel examinations, as well as port operations, and are focused on enforcement - is, eting, in- spection, and monitoring of activities in the container terminals. Border officers in local export units have the authority to conduct daily audits of export decla- rations (primary examina- Metoland graphic tion) and select containers of interest for secondary ex- amination at docks or ware- houses. HOW CAN THE PUBLIC REPORT ACTIVITY? Anyone with informa- tion about suspicious cross- border activity is encour- aged to call the toll-free CBSA Border Watch line at 1-888-502-9060. RenoMark.ca Renovate Your Expectations