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30 abril 2009
Money laundering is hugely detrimental to a nation’s social stability and economic development. It is not a stand-alone crime but is instead heavily intertwined with other types of offences and criminal activities, such as trafficking in drugs, weapons, stolen vehicles, works of art, counterfeit goods, etc.
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28 abril 2009
A workshop was held from 6 to 9 April 2009 at the Regional Training Centre (RTC) based in Mombasa, Kenya. The purpose of this workshop was to install the WCO e-learning programme on the RTC’s computer infrastructure, to train the Centre’s staff in its use and to prepare for the next stages of the roll-out.
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28 abril 2009
On 27 March 2009, Georgia deposited with the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System).
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23 abril 2009
On 15 - 16 April, a total of 47 delegates representing 30 Customs Administrations and observers from the private sector and academia gathered at the WCO Headquarters to attend the High Level Working Group meeting on Capacity Building, training and technical assistance.
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22 abril 2009
The Moroccan Minister for Economy and Finance, Mr. Salaheddine Mazouar, opened the 2009 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition at the Palmeraie Golf Palace in Marrakesh which runs from 22 to 24 April 2009.
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22 abril 2009
It is a great pleasure to deliver the first keynote address to you today in the beautiful city of Marrakech. This has been a trading city and the birthplace of the international agreement that led to the establishment of the WTO.
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20 abril 2009
The Directors General of Customs of the West and Central Africa Region held their 14th annual Meeting in Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) on 16 and 17 April 2009.
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20 abril 2009
It is a genuine pleasure to be here in Libreville to participate in the opening of this annual joint meeting of NCPs for the West and Central Africa RILOs, at the invitation of the Director General of Gabonese Customs, Mr. Onguinda Fridolin, whom I thank most sincerely for this initiative.
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12 abril 2009
On April 20th and 21st Guatemala Customs hosted and facilitated an AEO Workshop in Guatemala City, Guatemala that would outline to the trade the advances they made in developing their AEO program.
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07 abril 2009
The WCO Capacity Building Directorate has welcomed from Monday 27th April to Wednesday 29th April 2009 a Study trip on Training Capacities Development of Customs representatives from Moldova and Ukraine.
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03 abril 2009
The World Customs Organization’s call for trade facilitation measures to be promoted, for capacity building programmes to be supported, for infrastructure spending in emerging market economies and developing countries, and for international organizations to be encouraged to monitor international trade trends were taken up in the official summit communiqué released by the G20 leaders in London yesterday.
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