This holiday season, shipping backlog and supply chain issues are spelling disaster for ports. Let's look at how to prevent supply chain thefts at ports by taking a proactive approach to crime. 

We can strive to control criminal activities targeting vessels, vehicles, storage facilities and the people involved in the movement of goods. Existing security protocols and technologies can help protect the supply chain from theft by local gangs to international criminal organizations.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David P. Pekoske announced the current Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC), including the appointment of two new members and the reappointment of 12 members. ASAC provides recommendations for improving aviation security methods, equipment and procedures.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Transportation Security Administration announced that the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) program went into effect. 

 The body of a boy of unknown nationality was found in the wheel well of an American C-130 aircraft after it landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. 

The U.S. Airforwarders Association told a congressional panel that the TSA should move toward permitting private contractors to train explosive-sniffing dogs.