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605.2021
First Strategic Trade Control Enforcement (STCE) training in the Portuguese language
The WCO STCE Programme started adapting its training curriculum for virtual delivery in 2020 with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This refined version of the STCE curriculum is then being translated in different languages, in order to allow the biggest number of customs officers to be trained in their own mother tongue.As a result......
605.2021
8.5 metric tons of bomb-making materials seized by East African Customs during WCO border Operation
From 3 to 16 March 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a border Operation in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda in the context of a regional WCO/Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) joint project for the implementation of WCO Programme Global Shield (PGS) by East African Customs and Revenue Authorities. The final results......902.2021
The WCO hosted the 39th Technical Committee on Rules of Origin virtually on 2 February 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) hosted the 39th Session of the Technical Committee on Rules of Origin (TCRO) on 2 February 2021. Chaired by Ms. DING Nan (China) and with a welcome from the Deputy Secretary General, Mr. TREVIÑO CHAPA, the meeting was attended by more than 100 participants from around the world. This included observers from......902.2021
WCO supports the Americas and Caribbean region in fostering the role of Customs in the fight against COVID-19
On 1-4 February 2021 the WCO COVID-19 Project, funded by the Government of Japan, held the Online Regional Workshop on Disaster Management and Supply Chain Continuity in times of COVID-19 for the Americas and Caribbean region, an initiative organized in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to improve the capacity of WCO Members’......902.2021
