Advanced technologies for scanning and detection of illicit material for postal services and express courier flows (iFlows Toolkit)
GRANT NUMBER: 101073990
DURATION: 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2025
LINKS: CORDIS
FOCUS AREA: detection of illicit goods
iFLOWS proposes solutions to assist customs, police and postal/courier services by improving operational readiness, enhancing situation awareness, reducing detection time, providing operational efficiency and achieving superior mission performance.
iFLOWS will design, develop, integrate, test and validate a novel multi-tier synergistic Toolkit in enhancing intelligence extraction, screening and detection operations of illicit material and hazardous substances within courier and postal flows moving across and within EU borders.
Foreseeable Outcomes:
- a tailored C4I that boosts preparedness and cooperation between police, customs and courier/postal services
- enhanced Intelligence in terms of threats, risks and suspicious flows
- novel detection technologies (i.e. THz Scanning system and UWB Scanner) featuring enhanced detection capabilities over a large span of illicit material and substances
