SUVA, FIJI – 10 March 2026 – Fifty-six women Customs officers from across the Pacific have completed a regional intelligence management alumni programme and signed a joint commitment to advance women’s leadership in border security. The graduates, from 16 countries...
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Leadership Programme Reaches North Pacific for First Time
Guam CQA participants 2026 with PLP facilitators in GuamSUVA, FIJI – 05 March 2026 –Customs officers in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have started a nine-month leadership programme for the first time, in a new partnership between the...
The Customs Officer Who Kept Following Up Until Someone Listened
When Lorina Rae Seady speaks in meetings and nobody responds, she does not take it personally. She sends an email. Then she follows up again. It is a strategy that has taken her to the top of Customs leadership in the Federated States of Micronesia — and she thinks...
Pacific Customs Tackle Workplace Equality
SUVA, FIJI – 17 February 2026 – The Oceania Customs Organisation has completed a series of online discussions with members aimed at creating a more inclusive Customs environment for all Pacific people highlighting opportunities to engage better with women and people...
Pacific Customs Officials Learn from Each Other to Automate Border Services
SUVA, Fiji – 1 December 2025 – The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) Secretariat says sharing knowledge between Pacific countries delivers real benefits after a successful four-day visit where Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency officials learned from Palau’s digital...
Pacific Islands Advance Towards Regional Trusted Trader Network
Suva, Fiji – 12 November 2025 – Pacific Island nations finished their three-part workshop series on creating trusted trader programs, with the final session focusing on how to put these programs into practice. Phase I and II of the workshops were completed in...
Pacific Nations Continue Customs Reform Training Program
Suva, Fiji – 15 October 2025 – Pacific Island nations have completed a training program aimed at streamlining Customs operations and reducing trade barriers across the region, with Fiji's success story pointing to potential economic benefits for smaller economies. The...
Modernised Customs Systems Set to Streamline Trade and Reduce Border Delays
Nadi, Fiji, November 25, 2025 – Customs organisations in the Pacific are advancing their digital systems to improve trade activities within the region and the world. The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) Secretariat and the PACER Plus Implementation Unit concluded a...
OCO Joins Global Efforts to Tackle Synthetic Drug Smuggling
Suva, Fiji – October , 2025 The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) joined global counterparts at the 8th Operational Meeting to Counter Trafficking of Synthetic Opioids, Dangerous Substances, and Chemicals through Postal, Express Courier and Air Cargo Services (INCB...
OCO to Boost Pacific Border Security: Intelligence Officers to be Trained on Fentanyl, Synthetic Drugs and Precursor Trafficking
Figure 1: Regional Participants and facilitators at the Opening Ceremony of the Regional Training for OCO Intelligence Contact Points (ICPs) on Precursor Chemicals and Drug Trafficking Trends held in Nadi, Fiji NADI, FIJI – 21 October 2025 – Customs intelligence...