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29 octubre 2010
From 30 September to 1 October the Integrity Sub-Committee held its 9th Session at the WCO Brussels Headquarters following the fist meeting of the Capacity Building Committee
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29 octubre 2010
On 5-8 October 2010, the WCO Secretariat conducted a WCO-EAC Regional Integrity Workshop in Kigali Rwanda at the request of the East African Community (EAC). The participants to the workshop were high level officers in charge of integrity issues in their own administration and came from Burundi, Kenya,
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28 octubre 2010
Secretary General Mikuriya of the WCO accepted an invitation to attend the 41st annual meeting of ASAPRA (Association of Professional Customs Agents in America) which was held in Lima
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28 octubre 2010
WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, visited the headquarters of the Andean Community in Lima, Peru on 26 October 2010 to revitalize the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation signed in 2005 between the two organizations.
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25 octubre 2010
At the invitation of the Head of the Revenue Service in Georgia, Giorgi Tskhakaia, WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Tbilisi on 21 and 22 October 2010 to speak at the International Conference on Customs Reform organized by Georgia.
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20 octubre 2010
Today the World Customs Organization (WCO) joins the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) in celebrating the first World Statistics Day to raise awareness of the many achievements of official statistics premised on the core values of service, professionalism and integrity.
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20 octubre 2010
At the invitation of Mr. Ardeshir Mohammadi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Teheran, Iran on 19 and 20 October 2010 to speak at the 3rd Silk Road Conference on Customs Cooperation.
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20 octubre 2010
During the 1st Session of the Capacity Building Committee, Lars Karlsson, CB Director, took this opportunity to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Fellowship Programme.
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20 octubre 2010
In the context of its Capacity Building programme and support to Cameroon Customs, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized an 8-day Management and Leadership Development Workshop in Douala, Cameroon from October 4 to 13, 2010.
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20 octubre 2010
The 1st Session of the WCO Capacity Building Committee provided an impressive setting with more than 300 delegates attending the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between the World Customs Organisation - WCO - and The Southern African Customs Union - SACU. This Memorandum marks the official framework
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20 octubre 2010
At the invitation of Andrei Belyaninov, Director General of the Russian Federal Customs Service, WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica participated in the opening ceremony of the Customs Service 2010
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20 octubre 2010
At the invitation of Andrei Belyaninov, Director General of the Russian Federal Customs Service, WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica participated in the opening ceremony of the Customs Service 2010
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18 octubre 2010
Eighty-six countries joined representatives of the World Customs Organization (WCO), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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18 octubre 2010
World Bank and WCO agree to launch major Customs capacity building initiative
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18 octubre 2010
WCO has a new Committee for Capacity Building !
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15 octubre 2010
Today the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the US National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the seizure of tens of thousands of pirated
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14 octubre 2010
More than 40 countries have taken part in an international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illegal medicines to raise awareness of the associated health risks, resulting in arrests across the globe and the seizure of thousands of potentially harmful medicines.
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14 octubre 2010
On October 1st, Regional Offices for Capacity Building (ROCBs) and Regional Training Centers (RTCs) of the WCO 6 regions got together at Brussels to discuss common challenges and ways of improving capacity building delivery.
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14 octubre 2010
Integrity Development Workshop for the Albanian Customs Administration
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10 octubre 2010
Saudi Customs organized the 2nd Arab Forum on Consumer Protection from Commercial Fraud and Counterfeits in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 10-12 October 2010. The Forum was attended by more than 800
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09 octubre 2010
The WCO's North of Africa, Near and Middle East (MENA) region held its regional meeting of Directors General of Customs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 9 October 2010 with the participation of WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya.
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06 octubre 2010
Over 300 Customs and business experts representing more than 80 countries met in Istanbul, Turkey today for the 2010 World Customs Forum which runs until 7 October.
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06 octubre 2010
The Turkish Customs administration hosted the 4th World Customs Forum in Istanbul, Turkey from 6-7 October 2010. It was attended by more than 400 high-level delegates from Customs, business and academia under the theme: “Globally Networked Customs and the Private Sector
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01 octubre 2010
A transnational operation coordinated by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and INTERPOL targeting organized criminal counterfeiting networks across 13 countries in South America has resulted in more than 600 arrests and the seizure of fake goods worth 50 million US dollars.
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01 octubre 2010
Helen Clark, stressed the importance of Customs’ contribution to the achievement of the eight Millennium Development Goals aimed at substantially reducing poverty, hunger, disease
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