The 21st Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) annual conference commenced on 13th May, 2019 in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI), hosted by the CNMI Customs division with the theme “A united Pacific working towards a common solution”. The conference was opened with statements from the CNMI Director of Customs, Mr Jose Mafnas, Governor of…
OCO in partnership with the USPTO had 4 of its members attend an Asia Regional Workshop on Enforcement Against Trade in Counterfeit Food, Beverages, Cosmetics, and Fast Moving Consumer Goods, which was held on April 2-5, 2019, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and was co-organized and co-sponsored by the USPTO and the U.S. Department…
On the morning of February 26 2019, the Acting Governor Arnold I. Palacios touched base with the Oceania Customs Organisation Secretariat. Acting Governor Palacios met with Roy Lagolago, Head of Secretariat and Kalei Billings-Dugu, Human Resource & Logistics Coordinator. Director of Revenue and Taxation Dave Atalig, CNMI Div of Customs Service Director Joe Mafnas, Planner…
Under the PACER Plus Project Readiness Package, the OCO organized National PACER Plus Rules of Origin (ROO) Workshop in Samoa and Tonga on 6-7 December and 10-11 December respectively. The workshops were facilitated by two pre-accredited PACER Plus ROO Trainers Samoa and Tonga Customs Officials. The objective of the workshop was to deepen the knowledge…
The OCO organized the PACER Plus ROO Workshop in Kiribati on 12-13 March 2019 facilitated by two pre-accredited PACER Plus ROO Trainers from Kiribati Customs. The national workshop was the final part of the pre-accredited trainer’s assessment for qualification as an “OCO PACER Plus ROO Trainers.” During the Workshop, the participants learnt about ROO concept,…
More than 15 personnel from various law enforcement agencies, the Tax Department and Senior officials from the ANZ Bank underwent a National Workshop on Financial Crime in Kiribati from 17 to 21 February 2019. The training was conducted by OCO in collaboration with its law enforcement partner JIATF West. The overall aim of the workshop…
Greetings and Bula Vinaka! We are pleased to share with you issue XIV, January 2019 of the Regional Organizations Cooperation Mechanism for Trade Facilitation (ROC-TF) bi-annual newsletter. The full newsletter is also available for download here: https://www.unescap.org/resources/roc-tf-newsletter-issue-xiv INSIDE THIS ISSUE IN FOCUS: • ESCAP, ECE and other United Nations Regional Commissions initiated data collection for…
The OCO in partnership with NZ Customs, PICP, NZ Police, APG, JIATF West and Strategika Group conducted a 5-day Sub-Regional training on Financial Crime at the NZ Customs Training Center in Auckland, New Zealand from 10 to 14 December 2018. The Training saw 12 Customs officers from Polynesian countries attend the week long training….
The OCO in partnership with PICP and NZ Police conducted a 5-day Training on Financial Crime in Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 01 to 08 December 2018. The Training is part of the Declaration of Partnership that the PICP, OCO and PIDC are party to. The three Regional agencies have committed to conducting joint training for…
Greetings and Bula Vinaka! Please be advised that the World Customs Organisation (WCO) have issued the latest edition of the WCO News magazine on 27 February 2019: https://mag.wcoomd.org/magazine/wco-news-88/ As you will see, the magazine is now available in digital format making it easy to share articles with your contacts or on social media. Please contact…
