Stansted airport unleashes DVD sniffer dogs

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Bennison, Mark M" <mark.m.bennison () mbda co uk>
Date: May 11, 2006 1:08:22 PM EDT
To: "'dave () farber net'" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Stansted airport unleashes DVD sniffer dogs


Hi Dave,

For IP if you wish...

Doesn't the x-ray work?

(From
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2155845/stansted-gets-dvd-sniffing- 
dogs)

Stansted airport unleashes DVD sniffer dogs - Iain Thomson,  
vnunet.com 11
May 2006

Dogs specially trained to sniff out DVDs are to go on duty at Stansted
airport this summer.

Two black Labradors named Lucky and Flo will patrol the airport  
trying to
sniff out pirated DVDs brought in by organised criminals. This is the  
first
time this type of sniffer dog has been tried anywhere in the world.

"These dogs are one of a number of powerful tools in detecting organised
crime," said HM Revenue & Customs detection manager Ian Chadwick.

"I don't think that members of the public realise that each time they  
buy a
counterfeit DVD they are supporting criminal activity."

The dogs were trained over an eight-month period to identify DVDs  
that may
be located in boxes, envelopes or other packaging, as well as discs
concealed among other goods.

For their first major live test, Lucky and Flo were put to work at  
FedEx's
UK hub at Stansted and were immediately successful in identifying  
packages
and parcels containing DVDs for destinations in the UK. Unfortunately  
for
the dogs they were all legitimate shipments.

"While all were legitimate shipments on the day, our message to anyone
thinking about shipping counterfeit DVDs through the FedEx network is
simple: you're going to get caught," said FedEx UK managing director  
Trevor
Hoyle.

"FedEx employs state-of-the art security, and Lucky and Flo are now  
on the
case."

The Motion Picture Association of America estimates the criminal gain  
in the
UK from piracy at £278m in 2005. Mary Callahan, director of optical disc
operations at the MPAA, welcomed the new initiative.

"Lucky and Flo's immediate success in locating DVDs in transit offers  
us a
new and highly effective means of detection for counterfeit discs," she
said.

Cheers,

Mark.

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