What is a typical scenario for a PSI interdiction exercise?
The scenario depends on the objectives of the exercise. In the case of a “table-top” exercise, the objective might focus on sharing information to stop or track the movement of money through notional financial organizations. An air, ground, or port interdiction exercise involving law enforcement and customs officials might have an objective to improve the effectiveness of procedures to seize cargo at an airport, international border, or large port, and its disposition following seizure. A large-scale maritime interdiction exercise requiring a ship-boarding will normally involve multiple objectives designed to test international, interagency, multinational military and internal military coordination. Exercise organizers will create notional countries, non-state actors, front companies, and financial institutions that seek to engage in WMD trafficking. The culminating point of such a complex scenario would require tracking the movement and seizing an item that succeeds in becoming cargo
