Press Release: US Container Security Initiative (CSI) – meeting of European Commission and US Customs officials, 22 October 2002

On 22nd October 2002 in Brussels a second meeting concerning the US Container Security Initiative was held between European Commission and US Customs officials.

The Container Security Initiative (CSI) was launched by US Customs after the attacks of 11th September 2001. The major concern of the US is the possibility of containers being used for terrorist attacks, being it through weapons of mass destruction directed to ports of the United States or to the maritime transport chain itself. In a first step, the US has invited about twenty megaports world-wide to join this initiative.

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http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/news/ctpat/ http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/news/ctpat/

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