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Recognize crime

Protect yourself

Protect yourself

Drugs are smuggled through seaports. Criminals need people working there for this. For instance, someone who lends out an access pass, passes on information, or moves a container. Don’t cooperate because you’re putting yourself, your family, and colleagues at risk. Recognize crime, protect yourself, and report what you’ve seen or experienced.

Here’s how to recognize crime

Here’s how to recognize crime

When criminals approach you

These are signals

Someone wants to borrow your company pass in exchange for money.
A stranger asks for a container number or PIN code.
Someone asks you to bring something onto the port premises.
A stranger asks for detailed information about your work.
A stranger asks for the location of a container.
Someone asks if you want to earn quick money.
A stranger asks you to move a container.
Someone asks if you want to do a simple task in the port for a large sum of money.
A stranger contacts you via social media and asks about your work.
More indicators

Crime in the port

These are signals

Boats come alongside a ship, but they have no business there.
Bags are thrown overboard or into the water during bunkering.
You see individuals boarding or disembarking ships with bags.
You see people who don’t belong there being dropped off from the water onto the quay.
You see divers or individuals with diving gear at strange locations and unusual times.
A hole in a fence.
Fences left unnecessarily open.
Damaged and open containers.
Containers without seals or with a broken seal.
You see extra people ‘hitching a ride’ with port personnel or truck drivers.
Containers are in the wrong or illogical location.
Individuals walk on the terminal in dark clothing without a visible vest.
Individuals walk on the premises with sports bags, sleeping bags, tools, and/or container seals.
Fishermen, cyclists, and “tourists” around terminals may also have wrong intentions.
More indicators

Crime in the office

Crime in the office

These are signals

Vrachtpapieren

Freight documents

Goods have no or a strange description in the freight documents. This could mean that there is something wrong with this cargo.

Betalen

Payment

A customer wants to pay in cash or through someone else’s account.

Bijpassende mailadressen

Matching email addresses

A customer cannot be found on the internet or emails from Gmail or Hotmail. Reliable companies have a website and matching email addresses.

Herkennen van signalen

Unusual requests

Requests from a customer or colleague that do not come through the usual channels. For example, about freight documents, PIN codes, or the status of goods.

Samenwerken

Unprofessional customer

A customer comes across as unprofessional and lacks understanding of the industry and the goods being imported/exported.

Recruiters are cunning. Before you know it, you fall for their story. This film shows how this happens and how you can prevent it. The video is created by Sterk Noordzeekanaal Gebied.

Can you spot a
drug transport?
Play ‘Operatie Zelos’

Can you spot a
drug transport?
Play ‘Operatie Zelos’

In Operation Zelos, you step into the shoes of a truck driver and a port planner. Your choices determine the outcome of the story. Test how much you know about criminal transports and learn how to prevent them.

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