Strategic Plan

The Strategic Plan covers the period 2022-2027, which coincides with the conclusion of the 2017-2022 Strategic Plan.
OCO is forecasting changes in international movements and anticipates the following developments:

• The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic which will endure for some time
• Constantly evolving geo-political and socio-economic relationships impacting trade, including recent Chinese initiatives in the Pacific
• Greater international harmonisation of systems, policies and protocols, including intelligence sharing
• Increased workload for Customs
• Increased volume and speed of movement of goods and people
• Streamlining of Customs processes through digitisation and other mechanisms
• Continuing increase in e-commerce
• Enhanced data collection
• Increased costs
• Increased intelligence sharing
• Emerging players in the shipping and goods movement industry
• Enhanced capacity to track and monitor goods
• Better cooperation between countries

OCO anticipates changes in the movement of illicit goods as follows:

• Increased contraband movement (drugs, counterfeit goods, money laundering, smuggling)
• Increase in new and innovative approaches by criminals to continue their illicit activities
• Increasing evasion of duties and taxes
• Increasing difficulty in detection of illicit goods due to increasingly sophisticated methods of concealment
• Increase in cyber-enabled criminal activity, cybercrime and related threats

OCO will strive to take active steps towards future readiness which is critical to the success of the Organisation and its Members. This Strategic Plan sets out the actions required to achieve this.