Resources

Guidance for freight businesses.

Practical material on recognising and responding to criminal infiltration. New guidance is added as it is reviewed and published.

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Counterparty Security
How CLUES works
The five checks to make before committing to a new counterparty or unusual shipment.
Guidance
The Portcullis Standard: public overview
The nine domains of the Standard and what each one covers.
Criminal Approaches
What to do if you suspect criminal ingress
Immediate steps, who to contact and how to preserve evidence.
Portcullis Updates
Example intelligence alerts
The format Portcullis Intelligence alerts will follow, with fictional examples.
Freight Security
Verifying a changed instruction
A call-back procedure for changed bank, delivery or collection details.
In preparation
Insider Risk
Security-sensitive roles: a practical guide
Identifying roles that criminals are most likely to target, and proportionate controls.
In preparation
Counterparty Security
Checking a new overseas agent
Applying CLUES to agents in jurisdictions where records are harder to obtain.
In preparation
Criminal Approaches
Responding to a criminal approach
How staff can report an approach safely, and how managers should respond.
In preparation