India Customs arrests Air India cabin crew for smuggling ganja

A cabin crew member of national- carrier Air India has been arrested by customs officers for allegedly trying to smuggle narcotic by hiding it in a meal service cart of a flight.

• The 129th / 130th session of the Customs Co-operation Council to be opened

  VCN- This morning, the 6th July, 2017, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya has opened the 129th / 130th session of the Customs Co-operation Council.

• WCO supports the EAC developing a new 5 year risk management strategy

  VCN- According to the World Customs Organization (WCO), the WCO successfully conducted a five-day workshop from 22nd to 26th May 2017 at Nairobi, Kenya to ...

• US Customs seizes 1996 Nissan Skyline GT-R in South Carolina

  Someone's JDM dreams are about to be crushed. All JDM Motors, a company specializing in imported parts from Japan, attempted to smuggle a 1996 Nissan ...

• Post-Brexit customs checks might not be on actual Border

  Revenue official says all trade transactions with Britain facing customs declarations

• WCO shares initiatives on gender equality with customs of CPLP

  VCN-  The 12th Meeting of the CPLP (Portuguese Speaking Countries Community) Customs High-Level Working Group, was held in Díli, Timor-Leste, from 25 to 28 April 2017 to discuss ...

• Strengthening of cooperation between customs and tax authorities

  The WCO attended the High-Level Seminar on Strengthening of Cooperation between Customs and Tax Authorities.

• Oceania Customs Organisation acts on implementing HS 2017

  The WCO attended a Regional Workshop to assist OCO members with the uniform application and implementation of the Harmonized System (HS) 2017. The Workshop was ...

• WCO acts globally to protect IPR

  Thanks to its exhaustive IPR, Health and Safety Programme, revolving around raising awareness and providing capacity building activities, the WCO dedicates important resources to the ...

• Customs officers clearing containers without checking at Tughlakabad (India)

  Corrupt Customs officials are allegedly clearing containers at the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Tughlakabad (TKD), without scrutiny, thereby putting national security at high risk, ...

• Kuwait joined the Revised Kyoto Convention and the Istanbul Convention

  According to The World Customs Organization, Kuwait has just become the 109th Contracting Party to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of ...