Quote from: moksha on September 12, 2012, 09:57 amQuoteBorder agencies in the future will be aided by advancements in technology, for security and facilitation functions. I suspect that in the coming years we will see faster methods of determining the concentration or potency of a substance by using bio and nano technologies, using radio-frequency identification tracking of commercial products and individuals, or even having the means to use pervasive undetectable visual surveillance.Speech from Mr Michael Pezzullo, (COO Australian Customs and Border Protection Service) at the 4th Annual Border Security Conference - 21 May 2012Other relevant info from the same piece:QuoteThe increasing volume in trade and travel is often a surprise for those hearing them for the first time. International passengers are forecast to almost double, from around 28 million this year to 40 million by 2020  just eight years away. Cargo trade is projected to increase by almost fifty per cent: incoming sea container volumes will rise from 2.5 million to 5 million and air consignments from 14 million to 22 million.QuoteIn 2010-11, Customs and Border Protection processed over 28 million passengers, over 14 million air cargo consignments and 56 million international mail parcels. We inspected over 100,000 sea cargo containers, boarded 6450 commercial sea vessels when they first arrived, surveilled, by air, over 147 million square nautical miles of coastline, and surveilled, by sea, 2.76 million square nautical miles of water.In dealing with these passenger and cargo volumes, we collected over $9 billion in border tax and duties and helped the ATO to collect $20 billion in border GST. We detected almost 16,000 seizures of illicit drugs and precursors, totalling over 4.7 tonnes. We detected almost 1200 undeclared conventional firearms, parts and accessories from entering Australia. There's a lot of other good info in there as well, just can't be bothered going through it again. Worth a read, at least a few contradictions in there.Haha! I love this game, I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world and it's just starting to get good. Wait until you see the next level in 2020, it's getting more badass than ever.We need more people like Pezzullo or we'll get sloppy, and it's also doubleplusgood fun leaning on Australia. Love you drug dogs! Awesome fluffy motherfuckers!Pine's job satisfaction = 100% woooooooooooooooot!