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Editorial Advisory Board Dominique R. Antonini Director, Business Development, AVS&C, Geneva, Switzerland Geoff Askew Askew & Associates, Australia Andy Blackwell Head of Aviation Security, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., UK Sidney Chau Executive Director, AVSECO, Hong Kong Yves Duguay Vice President, Operations, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, Canada Matthew Finn Managing Director, Augmentiq, Switzerland Rear Admiral (Retired) Cathal “Irish” Flynn USA Georgina Graham Director, Airports Council International ICAO Bureau, Canada Abdulla al Hashimi Chief of Group Security, Emirates Airlines, U.A.E. Tom Jensen President/CEO, National Safe Skies Alliance, USA Omer Laviv Chief Executive Officer, Athena GS3 Security Implementations Ltd., Israel Banu Nair Cabin Training Chief, Turkish Airlines, Turkey Robert Raffel Associate Professor, Homeland Security Program, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Norman Shanks Managing Director, NSAI, UK Gyaneshwar Singh General Manager (Security), Airports Authority of India, India Nara Srinivasan Head, School of Justice & Business Law, Edith Cowan University, Australia Diana Stancu Safe and Secure Skies, Belgium Capt. Nico Voorbach Chairman Security Committee, Dutch Air Line Pilots Association & IFALPA Security Representative to ICAO, The Netherlands Capt. Tom Walsh Aviation Security Consultant, USA Steve Wolff President, Wolff Consulting Services, USA


June 2010 Aviationsecurityinternational


Human Trafficking: the flight to slavery and sexual exploitation..........36


36 Cover Image


A Thai woman security officer uses a metal detector to check passengers boarding a plane at Hat Yai airport in Thailand. (Credit: AP Photo)


Regular Features


Lead Editorial.........................................2 Air Watch................................................4 Industry News.......................................42 Security Diary........................................47 The Final Word: a personal view............48


Industry Articles


Coverage and Deterrence: questioning the US Federal Air Marshal Programme......10


Metal Detection: advances in traditional passenger screening........14


Travel Document Security: an airline perspective....................................20


Blast Containment: holding back Hell’s dragons............................22


Airport Security & the Big Event: from the World Cup to the 2012 Olympics...............28


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