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The first regional meeting of nCEN Programme Leaders for West and Central Africa was held by the WCO as a virtual meeting due to the restrictions imposed by COVID‑19.
From 25 to 28 May 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered an Online Regional Workshop on Cross-Border E-Commerce for the East and Southern Africa (ESA), and West and Central Africa (WCA) regions.
IT Conference & Exhibition in Dubai gathers a record number of participants
At the invitation of Timor-Leste’s Customs Authority, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Timor-Leste Customs in Dili, on 22 and 23 July 2019 in support of Customs reform.
At the invitation of the United Nations, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the WCO spoke at the Conference on Border Control Cooperation in the Sahel and the Maghreb, which was held in Rabat, Morocco on 13 March 2013.
In cooperation with the UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar and Senegal Customs, the WCO organized its first training on the “Prevention of Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage” (PITCH) for countries in the West and Central Africa (WCA) region.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in the 12th International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Conference held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 25 and 26 September 2018.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is pleased to announce that an inter-regional Operation focusing on the illegal trade in wildlife in South America and Mexico resulted in 23 arrests and over 775 animal specimens seized.
The Workshop, a follow up event on the WCO Security Programme Strategic Seminar held at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels in June 2016, was hosted by the Jordan Customs administration at the Regional Training Center for the MENA Region and attended by 15 participants from 11 countries.
At the kind invitation of the Government of Bahrain, the WCO Policy Commission held its 87th Session in Manama, from 5 to 7 December 2022, under the chairmanship of Mr. Ahmed Al Khalifa, President of Bahrain Customs.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully convened the 3rd WCO Global Origin Conference in Santiago, Chile, on 8 - 9 November 2023. Supported by the Korea Customs service, the European Union, and private sector partners, this event attracted over 400 participants from 82 countries, consolidating its prominence as a global forum for origin-related discourse.