{"id":224277,"date":"2024-10-03T09:20:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=224277"},"modified":"2024-10-03T09:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:56:21","slug":"pilot-program-works-and-detects-smartphone-contraband-at-dominican-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/10\/03\/pilot-program-works-and-detects-smartphone-contraband-at-dominican-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot program works and detects smartphone contraband at Dominican airports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Entrada-ilegal-celulares-AILA-N-Digital-1024x592.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-224244\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Entrada-ilegal-celulares-AILA-N-Digital-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Entrada-ilegal-celulares-AILA-N-Digital-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Entrada-ilegal-celulares-AILA-N-Digital-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Entrada-ilegal-celulares-AILA-N-Digital.png 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Source: N Digital<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Customs Agency says new body scanners installed as part of a security-enhancing pilot program at Las Americas International Airport uncovered the contraband of 74 high-end smartphones. The pilot program is being implemented at Las Am\u00e9ricas, Punta Cana, Cibao, and Puerto Plata international airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the seized devices, 32 were found in carry-on luggage, while 42 were concealed on an individual\u2019s legs and abdomen, hidden beneath a girdle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new scanners use non-intrusive technology to reveal suspect devices or materials. The body scanners employ thermal imaging to detect foreign objects on passengers without the need for physical searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the detection, established protocols were immediately activated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2024\/10\/02\/aduanas-detecta-entrada-ilegal-de-celulares-por-el-aila\/\">N Digital <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 October 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Customs Agency says new body scanners installed as part of a security-enhancing pilot program at Las Americas International Airport uncovered the contraband of 74 high-end smartphones. The pilot program is being implemented at Las Am\u00e9ricas, Punta Cana, Cibao, and Puerto Plata international airports. Of the seized devices, 32 were found in carry-on luggage, while &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/10\/03\/pilot-program-works-and-detects-smartphone-contraband-at-dominican-airports\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224339,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224277\/revisions\/224339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}