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Here are the latest news involving OCO Sec and its partners.
OCO/PIDC MEMBERS TRAINED ON SMALL CRAFT INFORMATION GATHERING WP 01/12
December 03, 2020- Customs and Immigration officers in the region are being trained by the Australian Border Force (ABF) to use the Pacific Small...
OCO HOSTS INFORMATION SHARING WORKING GROUP MEETING WP02/12
December 04, 2020- Information sharing is now important more than ever, OCO Acting Head of Secretariat, Irma Daphney Stone says following the...
OFFICERS TRAINED ON USE OF THE APAN SYSTEM TO IMPROVE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WP 02/11
November 20, 2020- Nineteen customs officers and five other law enforcement officers from 13 Pacific Island countries, consisting of six females and...
PACIFIC ISLANDS DISCUSS PROGRESS OF PHASING DOWN OF HYDROFLUROCARBONS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE EFFECT WP 01/11
November 17, 2020- Fourteen Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are in various stages of implementing the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol,...
HEADS OF CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE REGION PLEDGE TO WORK TOGETHER
Suva, Fiji, November 03, 2020- Customs administrations in the region are faced with similar challenges due to COVID-19 but have agreed to work...
REVENUE SECURITY A PRIORITY FOR CUSTOMS HEADS
Suva, Fiji, October 19, 2020- Revenue security is a priority for Heads of Customs administrations in the Oceania region when they virtually meet...
Island Business Article- Fiji 50th Independence Anniversary
Greetings and Bula vinaka! Please access the link below to the Islands Business feature (Sept-Oct issue) by the OCO Secretariat in celebration of...
OCO CONDUCTS REFRESHER TRAINING ON PACER PLUS RULES OF ORGIN
Suva, Fiji, October 5, 2020- Oceania Customs Organisation is conducting a refresher training on PACER Plus Rules of Origin for nine Pacific Island...
ROLE OF CUSTOMS AGENCIES DURING AND POST COVID-19
By Richard Brennan, OCO Head of Secretariat The economic crisis caused by COVID-19 will continue longer than the health crisis. The continuation of...