Six Ukrainian customs officers have completed a week-long technical training at the Rapiscan Systems factory, learning how to maintain mobile cargo scanners used at key border crossing points.
The course, held from 15 to 19 September 2025, focused on preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and the replacement of key components.
The training was organised under the EU-funded EU4IBM-Resilience project, implemented by ICMPD, and marked the final stage in a broader training effort aimed at enabling Ukrainian customs officers to operate and maintain the scanners independently.
Earlier sessions in Ukraine during 2024 and 2025 trained officers from the Chop, Krakivets and Yahodyn border crossing points to operate the equipment safely and interpret X-ray images. In total, 30 officers completed those courses.
Vitaliy Modnyi, Head of the Department of Mobile Scanning Systems at the State Customs Service of Ukraine, said the training provided valuable practical insight. “We saw examples we had not encountered before in Ukraine,” he said, noting cases where contraband was concealed in hybrid car batteries, wooden pallets or even tissue packages.
Three Rapiscan Eagle M60 mobile cargo scanners, worth about €7.5 million, have been delivered to Chop, Krakivets and Yahodyn through the EU4IBM-Resilience project under the EU’s Solidarity Lanes initiative. The scanners allow customs officers to inspect cargo more quickly and reduce the need for physical checks.
