To mitigate and respond to the risk of receiving dangerous items through the post, it is important that both the public and postal service employees be trained on suspicious mail and packages. This includes knowing the suspicious indicators that customers and employees be aware of, and what actions need to be taken in the situation.
Postal services can deliver all sorts of things, but there are dangerous goods and prohibited items that simply cannot travel through the international postal network. The Keep Me Safe To Get Me There Faster campaign highlights what items are safe to send through the international mail system.
Dangerous goods can cause harm to people, including customers or postal, customs and airline staff, and cause material damages. Prohibited items include dangerous goods, as well as valuables, obscene materials, counterfeit materials or other items that some countries simply do not accept on their territory. Learn more about the Keep Me Safe To Get Me There Faster campaign here.
When a parcel containing explosives tries to bully its way through, it doesn't get very far... Watch the video: Dangerous goods - explosives.
There's a jolly parcel squirting a flammable liquid while happily going through processing. Or will it? Watch the video: Dangerous goods - flammable liquids and substances.
Mission possible? A parcel carrying counterfeit items tries to sneak its way by authorities. See what happens. Watch the video: Prohibited items - counterfeit and pirated merchandise.