avis/advies 9574

Use of mobile scanners in the search for stowaways and body scanners in the search for drugs concealed in the body

In this scientific advisory report, which offers guidance to public health policy-makers, the Superior Health Council of Belgium provides the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control with an assessment of the justification for the use of mobile scanners by customs to find stowaways in containers crossing the Belgian borders as well as the use of body scanners at Belgian airports to intercept body packers.

This report is only available in Dutch and French.

Published on 09/02/2023