Pre-Arrival Passenger Screening

BorderSentinel™

Know who crosses before they board.

AI-powered risk intelligence for every passenger on every flight — PNRGOV ingestion, eight threat categories, 38+ expert rules, and full case management from first alert to detention. Deployed in under 30 days.

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BorderSentinel Passenger Intelligence
38+ Expert-authored AI rules across 8 threat categories
< 3s Per-passenger risk score on arrival of PNR data
20 Travel-history statistics profiled per identity
3-step Identity matching: passport → name/DOB → fuzzy
5 Role-based access tiers from Analyst to Investigator

Every flight. Every passenger. Before they land.

BorderSentinel ingests PNRGOV and API transmissions in real time via the built-in PNR ingestion service and ADS-B flight tracker. Each inbound flight surfaces its risk count before the aircraft is wheels-down.

  • ADS-B flight position tracking — real arrival windows, not schedule estimates
  • PNRGOV & API ingestion — IATA PNRGOV format + direct airline API feeds
  • Per-flight risk summary — critical / high / medium passenger counts at a glance
  • One-click drill-through — from flight card to per-seat cabin view
  • Real-time push alerts — notified before final approach, not after landing
bordersentinel — flight risk overview
10
CRITICAL
24
HIGH
22
MEDIUM
60
FLIGHTS
EK412 DXB → destination
2 CRIT 284 pax
QR571 DOH → destination
4 HIGH 312 pax
TK041 IST → destination
1 HIGH 266 pax
SQ317 SIN → destination
CLEAR 198 pax

Eight threat categories. One unified score.

BorderSentinel's rule engine is organised into eight specialist threat domains. Each domain carries its own weighted rules, written by customs and border security practitioners, not generic ML engineers.

Migration

Overstay risk, visa-class mismatch, transit-without-visa abuse, known irregular migration corridors, and prior removal history.

8 rules

Narcotics

High-risk drug-source routing, mule profile indicators, frequent short-haul trips to production countries, and courier booking patterns.

5 rules

Smuggling

Undeclared goods corridors, routing through low-duty transit hubs, and group-travel commodity smuggling patterns.

4 rules

Exploitation

Human trafficking indicators: group same-gender travel, third-party ticket purchase, no return booking, economic vulnerability corridor routing.

6 rules

Terrorism

Travel to conflict zones, watchlist proximity, financing patterns, and known radicalization corridor itineraries.

4 rules

Financial Crime

Money laundering courier profiles, hawala corridor routing, bulk-cash movement risk, and high-frequency short-trip financial hub patterns.

4 rules

Document Fraud

Mismatched identity across bookings, document-country inconsistency, name variant clusters, and prior-known false identity travel.

4 rules

Travel History

Anomalous trip frequency, rapid country cycling, itinerary contradiction, unexplained multi-leg routes through high-risk transits.

27+ HISTORY rules

The same person. Multiple identities.

A traveller who changes their passport doesn't reset their risk profile. BorderSentinel links identities across all three resolution tiers and builds a unified cross-travel record.

1

EXACT_PASSPORT

Exact match on passport number and issuing country. Highest confidence — the same document used again.

2

EXACT_NAME_DOB

Full name + date of birth exact match. Catches passport renewals and deliberate document changes while preserving the same biographical identity.

3

FUZZY_NAME

Levenshtein distance scoring on name variants — transliteration differences, aliases, and misspellings — so slightly altered names don't escape the match.

identity_profile — DUBOIS, PRIYA [PAX-4471] EXPLOITATION / NARCOTICS
47
Trips in 24 months
28
Unique countries visited
6.2d
Avg trip duration
3
Known aliases (fuzzy match)
2
Passport documents on record
21
Rules triggered this trip
4
Co-travellers flagged
18
High-risk transits in history

No black box. Every score shows its working.

Every risk score in BorderSentinel is fully decomposable. Analysts see exactly which rules fired, the score contribution of each, and the data that triggered them — evidential grade from day one.

rule_engine — passenger DUBOIS, PRIYA [flight EK412]
# ── Identity Resolution ──────────────────────── match_tier EXACT_NAME_DOB linked_trips 47 (24 months) alias_count 3 # ── Travel History Rules ──────────────────────── HIST_FREQ_SHORT_HAUL +22 // 12 trips <5d, last 60 days HIST_HIGH_RISK_TRANSIT +18 // 4 transits KBL/AMM/BKK HIST_NEW_PASSPORT +15 // 2nd passport, 8 months ago HIST_MULTI_ALIAS +12 // name variants: 3 fuzzy matches # ── Exploitation Rules ──────────────────────────
⚠ EXPLOITATION — 6 rules triggered
EXP_THIRD_PARTY_TICKET +24 // paid by non-traveller EXP_NO_RETURN_BOOKING +18 // one-way, economic vuln corridor EXP_ESCORT_PATTERN +16 // co-traveller booked same time # ── Narcotics Rules ───────────────────────────── NAR_SOURCE_COUNTRY +14 // origin: tier-1 source country NAR_SHORT_TURNAROUND +12 // 38h in-country, frequent pattern # ── Composite Score ─────────────────────────────
⛔ RISK_SCORE: 94 / 100 BAND: CRITICAL
rules_fired 21 of 38 routing → Refer for Interview + Case Open
Travel History (HIST)
Longitudinal pattern analysis across all recorded trips
27+ rules
Exploitation (EXP)
Trafficking and scam-centre victim detection
Narcotics (NAR)
Drug-corridor routing and courier behavioural profiles
5 rules
Financial Crime (FIN)
Cash courier and hawala corridor indicators
4 rules
Terrorism (TER)
Conflict-zone travel, financing and watchlist proximity
4 rules
Document Fraud (DOC)
Identity inconsistency and alias clustering
4 rules
Rule Builder

Administrators can author new rules directly in the UI — define trigger conditions, set score weights, choose the threat category, and publish. No code deployment required. Rules go live on the next PNRGOV ingestion cycle.

Scam centre victim detection

Cyber-scam centres exploit thousands of trafficked workers across South-East Asia. BorderSentinel includes specialist EXP-SCM rules grounded in IOM and UNODC research to identify victims before departure — not after arrival.

Why pre-departure? Victims are frequently held under duress and may not self-identify at the border. Catching the trafficking pattern in the PNR — third-party tickets, group same-gender same-age booking, economic-vulnerability origin — enables interception before the victim ever leaves their home country.

From first alert to lawful detention — fully managed.

BorderSentinel carries a complete case-management workflow so border officers can act on intelligence without switching systems. Every action is logged, timestamped, and audit-ready.

Detention Clock

Automatic legal-hold timer starts on case creation. Configurable maximum-detention thresholds with escalation alerts ensure compliance with domestic detention limits.

  • Per-jurisdiction time limits
  • Escalation at 75% / 90% of limit
  • Supervisor override with reason logging
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Dual-Auth Prosecution

Prosecution decisions require sign-off from two authorised officers at Supervisor or Investigator level. No single officer can unilaterally escalate to prosecution.

  • Two-key authorisation workflow
  • Digital signature on all decisions
  • Full audit trail for court disclosure
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Exhibit Chain of Custody

Every piece of evidence — documents, digital files, statements — is logged with handler, timestamp, and hash. Chain is unbroken from seizure to court submission.

  • SHA-256 file integrity hashing
  • Immutable transfer log per exhibit
  • Export in court-bundle format
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Deconfliction

Real-time de-conflict across all open cases and concurrent investigations. Prevents two officers unknowingly working the same subject or disrupting an ongoing surveillance operation.

  • Cross-case subject matching
  • Silent de-conflict mode for sensitive ops
  • Agency-to-agency deconfliction API
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Interview Management

Structured interview templates with configurable question sets by threat category. Responses captured in structured format for rule-feedback loops and analytical re-use.

  • Threat-specific question sets
  • Interpreter request workflow
  • Structured response data export
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Notification & Escalation

Configurable notification rules push alerts to mobile devices, email, and agency systems. Escalation paths defined per threat category with SLA tracking.

  • Push to iOS / Android officer app
  • Email and webhook outbound
  • SLA breach alerts to supervisors

See the threat before the aircraft lands.

From flight-level overviews to seat-level cabin maps and passenger relationship networks — BorderSentinel gives officers the visual context to make fast, informed decisions.

3D aircraft cabin risk visualisation — every seat colour-coded by passenger risk level
3D Cabin ViewIn-cabin risk map — every seat colour-coded by passenger risk level (critical / high / medium / clear). Click any seat for the full risk profile. Officers know exactly who to meet at the door.
3D crowd risk view with co-traveller relationship lines
Network ViewFull-cohort 3D view — every traveller colour-coded by risk with relationship lines connecting co-travelling groups across multiple flights. Spot smuggling networks and escort patterns instantly.
Force-directed passenger relationship network graph
Relationship GraphForce-directed network — surface hidden connections from shared payment methods, shared booking references, and overlapping travel histories. Break networks before they cross your border.
BorderSentinel live flight dashboard in light mode
Flight DashboardLive flight-risk dashboard — 60 inbound flights, 15,180 passengers, critical / high / medium counts per flight. Tabbed passenger table with one-click sort by risk score.
Per-passenger rule transparency showing all triggered rules and scores
Rule DetailPer-passenger rule transparency — every rule that fired, with score contribution and the data that triggered it. 21 rules shown for DUBOIS, PRIYA. Evidential grade from the first alert.

Five roles. Least-privilege by design.

Every BorderSentinel user operates within a strictly scoped role. Sensitive case actions require elevation — no single officer has unbounded access.

🛡
ADMIN
System configuration, rule deployment, user management, integration settings
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ANALYST
Review risk profiles, run queries, generate reports, review flight intelligence
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INSPECTOR
Primary examination at point of entry — view alerts, record interview responses, open cases
SUPERVISOR
Approve case escalations, authorise detention extension, second-key on prosecution decisions
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INVESTIGATOR
Full case access including exhibits, deconfliction, cross-agency collaboration and prosecution sign-off

Built to scale. Designed to integrate.

BorderSentinel is a microservices platform. Each service owns a single responsibility and exposes a clean API — deploy the whole stack or integrate individual services into your existing infrastructure.

flight-tracker
ADS-B Flight Tracker

Real-time aircraft position and ETA ingestion from ADS-B feeds — triggers pre-arrival processing at configurable lead times.

pnr-ingestion
PNR & API Ingestion

Accepts IATA PNRGOV format and direct airline API. Parses, validates and normalises passenger data for the risk engine.

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Risk Engine

Orchestrates identity resolution, rule evaluation and score aggregation. Stateless, horizontally scalable — handles peak inbound waves without queueing.

scoring
Scoring Service

Weighted rule aggregation, band assignment (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / CLEAR), and score history storage for trend analytics.

rule-management
Rule Management

CRUD API for rule authoring, versioning, activation and rollback. Powers the no-code Rule Builder UI for operational teams.

inspection
Inspection Service

Manages officer examination workflows, structured interview capture, and result recording — feeds outcomes back to the scoring model.

notification
Notification Service

Push, email, and webhook dispatch. Configurable alert thresholds per threat category with SLA tracking and escalation chains.

case-management
Case Management

Full case lifecycle — detention clock, dual-auth prosecution, exhibit chain-of-custody, deconfliction, and court-bundle export.

ui-api-gateway
UI & API Gateway

Single authenticated entry point for web UI and external agency API consumers. Role-based request filtering, rate limiting, and audit logging.

38+
Expert AI rules across 8 threat categories
< 3s
Full risk profile per passenger on PNR receipt
15k+
Passengers tracked per flight wave in live deployments
30d
Typical deployment — from contract to first live flight
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