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31 March 2025
On 13 March 2025, a wrap up session on the results achieved so far under the WCO Asia-Pacific Regional Data/Intelligence Professionals Programme was held at the WCO Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific (RILO A/P) in Tokyo, Japan.
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28 March 2025
From 24 to 28 March 2025, the 45th Session of the Enforcement Committee was held at WCO Headquarters under the leadership of Rebecca Jonassen from New Zealand as Chairperson, and Sarah Joyce from Ireland as Vice-Chairperson.
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28 March 2025
The WCO Smart Customs Project, financed by the Customs Cooperation Fund of China (CCF/China), has released a detailed Report on the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in Customs.
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28 March 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO), with invaluable support from Hong Kong Customs as co-hosts in the capacity as the WCO Vice-Chairperson for the Asia/Pacific Region (APVC), successfully held its Global Workshop on National Data Strategies from 18 to 20 March 2025 in Hong Kong, China.
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28 March 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a National Workshop on Cross-Border E-Commerce in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from 25 to 27 March 2025, with the aim of strengthening Honduras’s capacity to implement the WCO Framework of Standards on Cross-Border E-Commerce (E-Commerce FoS).
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25 March 2025
WCO Members can now access two Training Kits on "Internal Affairs" and "Building a Culture of Integrity". Developed within the framework of the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, the kits offer materials that aim to facilitate the acquisition or consolidation of individual and institutional competencies related to integrity.
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24 March 2025
The 45th Session of the Enforcement Committee (EC) of the World Customs Organization (WCO) was officially opened on 24 March by Mr. Ian Saunders, Secretary General, at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, for a five-day meeting.
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24 March 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in collaboration with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) successfully delivered a global training workshop on digitalization of the ATA Carnet from 19 to 20 March 2025.
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24 March 2025
The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) is taking a significant step forward in enhancing its national performance measurement system to align with its 2025/2029 Strategic Plan.
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21 March 2025
The Directorate General of Customs of Madagascar has achieved an essential milestone towards implementing its competency-based human resource management (HRM) system.
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21 March 2025
In 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units and INTERPOL, led a global crackdown on money laundering and terrorist financing under Project TENTACLE. Conducted across five key regions-Eastern Europe, West Africa, the Asia-Pacific, South America, and the Mediterranea -these operations marked a significant step forward in the global fight against financial crime, delivering substantial enforcement results and systemic regulatory reforms.
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21 March 2025
Brussels, Belgium, 17 March 2025 – The World Customs Organization (WCO) – European Union (EU) COLIBRI Project recently concluded its second international operation leading to significant seizures of narcotics and other contraband.
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20 March 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) provided capacity building to enhance Coordinated Border Management (CBM) and Data Standardization during a two-week in-country Workshop from 23 February to 7 March 2025 in Maseru, Lesotho.
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19 March 2025
With the generous support of the Dominican Republic’s Dirección General De Aduanas (DGA) and the Australian Border Force (ABF), the WCO delivered a seminar for the Americas and Caribbean region in March 2025, the third in a series of dedicated, global seminars designed to enhance Member cooperation and promote new, collaborative alliances with the commercial air and sea cargo sectors.
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19 March 2025
On 18 and 19 March 2025, Ricardo Treviño Chapa, Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), participated in the First Forum on Countering Illicit Trade held by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France.
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19 March 2025
Under the framework of the EU-WCO RoO Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO) in partnership with the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) held a sub-regional training of trainers workshop on rules of origin for MRA and Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC).
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14 March 2025
The Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) is aligning the county’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programme to meet international standards.
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14 March 2025
The WCO organized a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Workshop from 17 to 28 February 2025 for 20 senior managers from the Royal Malaysian Customs Department.
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12 March 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully delivered a “green” multi-regional Pre-Accreditation Workshop (conducted without the use of paper) on Time Release Study (TRS) in Lusaka, Zambia, from 3 to 7 March 2025.
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12 March 2025
As the Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025, the United Kingdom has announced the allocation of approximately 1 million euro in additional funding for the World Customs Organization (WCO) to extend the programme until March 2026.
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11 March 2025
The WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme held its annual coordinators meeting at the WCO headquarters in Brussels on 5-6 March 2025.
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11 March 2025
The WCO’s Customs Integrity Perception Survey (CIPS) is now available for all Customs administrations to utilize via an online tool (CIPS-OT).
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10 March 2025
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization, in partnership with Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA), held an advanced training workshop on rules of origin for Mauritius Customs.
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07 March 2025
On 8 March, the World Customs Organization (WCO) joins the international community in celebrating International Women’s Day 2025 by highlighting the outcomes of its ‘Successful Women In Customs’ campaign.
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06 March 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully conducted a five-day national workshop on Customs valuation with a special focus on valuation control for the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan (SCC).
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06 March 2025
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) of the Republic of The Philippines is strengthening its Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programme by engaging a wider range of economic operators for improved supply chain security and trade facilitation.
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06 March 2025
The 24th session of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Integrity Sub-Committee (ISC) brought together WCO Members, global experts and practitioners from 3 – 4 February 2025 to explore innovative strategies and reinforce the commitment to integrity and anti-corruption in Customs administrations.
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04 March 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) hosted the 20th Global Meeting of the Regional Entities established by WCO Members and Council Vice-Chairs’ Offices on February 24-25, 2025.
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04 March 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) Capacity Building Committee (CBC) held its 16th session from 26 to 28 February 2025 under the theme “Reimagining the WCO Capacity-Building Paradigm – Thriving with Strategic Purpose and Resource Optimization”.
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