Thursday, February 23, 2006

Europe-wide system launched to crackdown on smuggling and forgery / 24dash.com, 23 Feb 2006

http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=7&newsID=3360
Keith Hall
"The Metropolitan Police Traffic Unit has unveiled a new system that allows police officers swift access to a vast database of documents relating to vehicles, drivers and the movement of goods by road across Europe, including the UK.
The Transport Documentation System (TDS) has been designed to combat forms of illegal activity including smuggling and forgery. The electronic database system can be accessed via the Internet with the appropriate security protection, and can be downloaded onto a CD and accessed by the police on a laptop at the roadside."