From the Associated Press:
Would-be jihadi
fighters are increasingly booking tickets on cruise ships to join
extremists in battle zones in Syria and Iraq, hoping to bypass
stepped-up efforts to thwart them in neighboring Turkey, Interpol
officials have told The Associated Press.
This
is one of the reasons why the international police body is preparing to
expand a pilot program known as I-Checkit, under which airlines bounce
passenger information off Interpol's databases - in hopes that one day
the system could expand to include cruise operators, banks, hotels and
other private-sector partners....
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