The European Commission (EC) has handed over the first of 12 Rapiscan Eagle M4500 series mobile X-ray systems to be deployed at different crossing points between the Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia and European Union (EU) countries.
The deployment is part of an EU project to enhance border and customs controls in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. Manufactured at Rapiscan’s UK production facility near Manchester, the Eagle mobile high-energy X-ray systems will help the State Customs Services of the three countries to combat arms and drug smuggling, counterfeiting, rev enue fraud and other cross border criminal activities....
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