Both Cepa, the port’s largest employers’ organization, and trade unions claim to know that criminal gangs are trying to place their men in specific positions.
“It is not at the head of the candidate that we can know that he is a criminal”, fears the socialist union.
The question is therefore whether the recruitment procedure for key positions at the port should not be stricter, as is the case in airports or prisons. Customs officers or prison guard candidates must in particular submit to a fairly thorough morality investigation. Candidates for work at the port must submit a certificate of good and morals, but this only indicates the state of the criminal record and not if the person is suspected in an ongoing investigation, for example.
Cepa would not be ” once morest”, but for the socialist union the best option remains the awareness of dockers already engaged.
Before the summer break, the status of port security officer was legally anchored, indicates the cabinet of the Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne. These agents “have the role of making all port workers aware of suspicious behavior”. There are also anonymous reporting points.
