Project description
Protecting EU postal and express courier flows
Being able to detect threats and illicit goods in postal and express courier flows is vital to the security of the EU. However, this area faces key challenges such as the lack of technology capable of screening volumes of goods efficiently. The EU-funded PARSEC project will develop and test three next-generation non-intrusive detection technologies – a multi-energy photon counting detector, neutron-induced gamma-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction – and combine them into a detection architecture for detection accuracy, speed, and reliability. This will help stop the abuse of postal and express courier flows for criminal and terrorist purposes.
Objective
PARSEC is a project about parcel and letter security in the context of postal and express courier services. The project delivers an ambitious set of solutions by developing, configuring, customising, and piloting innovative tools, services and security management views to fight the abuse of postal and express courier flows for criminal and terrorist purposes. The four PARSEC innovation areas and three use cases strengthen risk analysis and redefine threat detection and resilience capabilities of parcel service providers, customs authorities, police agencies, and other relevant stakeholders. PARSEC develops and tests three next-generation non-intrusive detection technologies (multi-energy photon counting detector, neutron-induced gamma-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction) and combine them into a detection architecture (= system-of-system) for optimal detection accuracy, speed and reliability. With PARSEC solutions postal and express operators, customs, and police authorities will be more capable to fight crime and terrorism, put in place a stronger deterrent, and to ensure safe and undisrupted postal and express services.
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8211 Zedelgem
Belgium
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Participants (14)
2511CW S-Gravenhage
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15232 Chalandri
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182 33 DANDERYD
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20123 Milano
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3451 CB Vleuten
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5656AE Eindhoven
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2595 CC The Hague
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2521 CA 'S-Gravenhage (Den Haag)
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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00144 Roma
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2628 CN Delft
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1054 Budapest
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1066 ECHANDENS
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1015 LAUSANNE
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SW1P 4DF London
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NG11 8NS Nottingham
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