Yemen Parcels, Identity Theft Show Cargo’s ‘Wild West’
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Bombs sent from Yemen with the use of a stolen identity show how United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. face a patchwork of cargo screening in developing countries, security specialists said.
UPS and FedEx often use local partners and passenger airlines to ferry packages from nations such as Yemen to sorting centers where the companies’ stricter practices are used, said Walter Beadling, managing partner of Union, New Jersey-based Cargo Security Alliance Inc., which advises shippers.