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01 October 2025
A workshop on expedited shipments, with a focus on e-commerce, was held in Colombia from September 15 to 19. The event is part of the ongoing activities of Phase II of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP).
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30 September 2025
“Only by working together can we enhance intelligence sharing, build capacities, and prevent counterfeit and dangerous goods from moving through the global trade ecosystem”, WCO Secretary General, Ian Saunders, told the 18th INTERPOL Intellectual Property Crime Conference in a keynote address.
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30 September 2025
As part of the WCO Fragile Border Action Plan endorsed by the WCO Council in June 2023, the second Working Group (WG2) under the WCO/JICA Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) was held in Accra, Ghana, from 1 to 5 September 2025.
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26 September 2025
The third edition of the Hot Zones Prioritization Forum (HZPF) took place in Santiago, Chile, from 8 to 11 September 2025.
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25 September 2025
Around two-thirds of 2,600 drug seizures in maritime shipping containers across 2023 and 2024 were found to have some level of internal conspirator support somewhere in the supply chain.
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24 September 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 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), conducted a Rules of Origin workshop from 8 to 10 September 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa, for Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) Freight Forwarders.
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18 September 2025
A Regional Workshop in the Asia Pacific Region on Customs Laboratory Matters was held in Qingdao, China, from 25 to 29 August 2025.
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17 September 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Underunder the framework of the EU-WCO RoO Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, commenced a comprehensive and sustainable rules of origin capacity building initiative for Eswatini Customs Officials and Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade Officials.
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15 September 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) sets the standards to facilitate and secure international trade. As part of its ongoing commitment to the protection of society, the SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade (SAFE FoS) has been updated to ensure that the pathway for a resilient global trading environment is secure and reflects current realities. With a focus on inter-agency cooperation, the WCO’s 186 Members can now implement the new SAFE FoS in areas that highlight collaboration between Customs and environmental authorities, as well as now recognizing the important role that Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) play by ensuring the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme is accessible to them.
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12 September 2025
The Republic of Moldova has acceded to the International Convention on the simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures done at Kyoto on 18 May 1973 and amended on 26 June 1999, widely known as the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC), thereby becoming its 139th Contracting Party.
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10 September 2025
Brussels, 10 September – The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) today announced the release of the updated Guidelines on Cooperation between Customs and Port Authorities. Building on the success of the first edition launched in 2023 at the World Ports Conference, the new version strengthens public–private cooperation across the global maritime supply chain and introduces valuable contributions from the World Shipping Council (WSC).
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09 September 2025
Phase II activities of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) in Uzbekistan are ongoing, with recent support provided through a virtual assistance session on integrity.
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