IOCC Enters into Alliance With GateKeeper USA
July 08 2011 - 3:45PM
Business Wire
The International Operations Center for Children (IOCC)
announced today that it has entered into an alliance with
GateKeeper USA Inc. (OTC: GTKP.PK), who has developed an automated
device that will soon be available for all shipping containers.
This technology will act as a tremendous deterrent for traffickers
who use freight shipping as a method to transit humans for various
forms of exploitation.
The CAMS (Container Automated Monitoring System) device is
equipped with Biometrics and other sensors that provide immediate
recognition of a human presence. That, coupled with CAMS’ ability
to detect water, food, traces of light, hull ventilation breaches,
narcotics and other related items that are present in human
trafficking activities, will be a viable tool on the war on
trafficking.
Note: Drugs, Arms and Human Trafficking are all inextricably
linked to providing funds for terror organizations worldwide. Due
to the nature of organized crime, the IOCC believes that more needs
to be done to curtail Human trafficking.
James W. Wishart, Gatekeeper’s CEO says: “We are pleased and
honored to have the opportunity to assist the IOCC and other
alliance members in this fight against Human Trafficking. GTKP is
prepared to do its part to insure that this happens.”
In SE Asia alone, there are at least 200-225,000 trafficked
annually, and of that number, 30,000 women and children are
estimated to arrive in the USA. Human trafficking is a highly
profitable illegal business in which people are coerced or tricked
into traveling far from their homes to work for little or no money.
These modern day slaves are disproportionately women and children
who are forced to work as hard laborers, soldiers, domestic
servants, and all too often, as prostitutes.
It is vital that the global community develops the political
unrest to address the issue of human trafficking from a centralized
global perspective.
Christian Elliott President of the IOCC says: “The introduction
of this new technology will allow us to curtail one of the oldest
transatlantic routes traffickers exploit everyday. We need to make
it as difficult as possible for Traffickers by creating deterrents
and effective barriers, forcing traffickers to be exposed.”
The data provided by Gatekeeper is available in real time,
improving the overall efficiency of the alliance directly from sea
bound vessels. It will literally mean that if human cargo are found
on any vessel, it can be isolated and contained before it leaves
the dock and/or intercepted should cargo be introduced en
route.
The IOCC is seeking to unite the global fraternity of NGO’s,
local and international intelligence agencies to better equip the
enforcement of our transatlantic laws. The CAMS device will provide
the real-time data to be used as information that could lead to
valuable intelligence. In order to effectively fight organized
criminal and terrorist groups, the routes used to transport
“supplies” must be investigated and shut down by integrating task
forces and law enforcement agencies worldwide and by utilizing
technologies such as the Gatekeeper CAMS device.
About GateKeeper USA, Inc.
GateKeeper USA, located in Rockville, Maryland, is engaged in
the maritime container industry as it relates to container security
and protection from potential terrorist attacks. The initial focus
of the company is the deployment of a proprietary shipping
container security device known as the GateKeeper USA Container
Automated Monitoring System (CAMS). The Company has employed
proprietary detection and identification technologies. The
technologies being utilized by the Company provide rapid, automatic
and specific real-time analysis, identification and quantification
of chemical, biological radiological, nuclear and explosive
materials (CBRNE) whether in liquid, solid or gaseous states. For
more information, visit our website at
www.GateKeeperUSAInc.com.
About The IOCC
IOCC was founded on the principle that all people are born with
an equal right to freedom and opportunity – an ideal that has
driven the IOCC as an organization.
We acknowledge that slavery exists in the modern era and we are
committed to protecting the victims and stopping the perpetrators
that benefit from these crimes against humanity.
We must join together within the global community to provide
that safe haven or place of refuge, by protecting victims and
prosecuting perpetrators of slavery.
This can be achieved namely by coordinating intelligence
globally in a shared capacity with law enforcement, Governments,
Inter-Governmental agencies and NGO’s. We must also seek to improve
victim identification, medical and social services, training for
first responders and increased public awareness.
With a unified approach and the aforementioned measures in
place, the men, women and children who have suffered this scourge
can overcome the bonds of modern slavery, receive protection and
justice and successfully reclaim their rightful independence.
Christian Elliott – human rights activist, Christian Elliott has
an established track record founding and development projects that
emphasis on the direct combat of slavery and human trafficking. The
work Christian has accomplished is evidenced by the success and
sustainability of the campaigns and programs he has founded. He has
engaged political debate in the house of commons England and has
coordinated with government agencies globally including the
governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Serbia, Croatia,
Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and others, facilitating interagency
communication between policy makers, NGOs, law enforcement, and
academic institutions. Christian is the co founder of both
Stopthetraffik and Global Angels in the UK and is currently the
president of the international Operations Centre for Children
(IOCC) and a Director of Love146 an agency dedicated to the
rehabilitated of children who are liberated from slavery.
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