US-bound cargo from Cambodia to face enhanced scrutiny

Cargo headed to the U.S. from Cambodia will face added scrutiny due to what the U.S. Homeland Security calls inadequate security measures.

According to the Cambodia Daily, U.S. authorities asked Cambodia ports to put additional security measures in place for several Cambodia ports in 2008, but DHS noted in a Sept. 15 letter that the country’s two major commercial ports – Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville – are “no longer maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures.” …

Corianne Egan
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