New Delhi: An advanced electronic system has been made operational at five international airports across the country to keep tabs on suspicious passengers and check smuggling.
The Indian Customs Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS), which has been made operational at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru recently, acts as an electronic database of all passengers, crew and other airline staff entering the country, official sources said.
APIS red flags suspicious passengers on the basis of their movement and other parameters and gives a lead to customs officials for follow-up, they said.
It has been developed on the lines of the Electronic Advance Passenger Information System used by Customs and Border Protection officials in the US, the sources said.
01/01/15 PTI/Economic Times
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The Indian Customs Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS), which has been made operational at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru recently, acts as an electronic database of all passengers, crew and other airline staff entering the country, official sources said.
APIS red flags suspicious passengers on the basis of their movement and other parameters and gives a lead to customs officials for follow-up, they said.
It has been developed on the lines of the Electronic Advance Passenger Information System used by Customs and Border Protection officials in the US, the sources said.
01/01/15 PTI/Economic Times
