New book provides insight into the economic benefits of implementing a single window system

By Dr Dennis Ndonga, Murdoch University, Australia

Tribute to Professor Hironori Asakura

Project INAMA: enhancing Sub-Saharan Customs’ capacity to fight illegal wildlife trade

Overview of Russia’s Training Centre for NII System experts

By Alexei Moiseev, Vice-Rector for International Relations, Russian Customs Academy

Latest accessions to WCO instruments

Council 2015

WCO Members confer and act on trade facilitation, e-commerce, and security at the June 2015 WCO Council sessions

By Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization

Tariff and Trade Affairs

Procedures and Facilitation

Capacity Building

Compliance and Enforcement

Election highs

2015 WCO Photo Competition

Signing ceremonies

Facilitating e-commerce

E-commerce and revenue collection

Supporting e-commerce: Korea Customs Service’s strategy

By Tae-kon Sung, Director General of the Clearance Facilitation Bureau and Yeon-Soo Choi, Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Division, Korea Customs Service

Australia’s tax reforms and e-commerce: a country perspective

By The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Let cross-border e-commerce be an engine for growth

By The Global Express Association

Dubai’s Virtual Freight & Logistics Corridor streamlines cargo movement

By Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director, Dubai Customs

Educating the next generation of Customs professionals

By Frank Heijmann and Martin Lutterop , the Netherlands Customs Administration and Yao-Hua Tan and Bas Giesbers and Rob Zuidwijk , the Rotterdam School of Management and Joris Hulstijn , the Delft University of Technology

EU launches a new Customs Data Model based on WCO standards

By Frank Janssens, Head of Unit and Jean-Luc Delcourt, Head of Sector, Customs processes, data and project management Unit, European Commission Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union

Violent extremism, borders and action by Customs teams

By Violent extremism, borders and action by Customs teams, Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Taxes [Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects], France

Illegal wildlife trade: an outline of the problems facing Peru

By the Intelligence Customs Team, Peru Customs

Singapore’s ‘whole-of-government’ approach to coordinated border management: maintaining its edge amidst new challenges

By Singapore Customs and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore

Vanuatu Customs’ response strategy to Cyclone Pam

By John Sala, Deputy Director of Customs, Vanuatu Customs and Inland Revenue Department

Sri Lanka Customs’ response to a natural disaster: challenges faced and lessons learned

By JP. Chandraratne, Director of Customs, Sri Lanka Customs

Tobacco Control, International Trade, and Public Health: a review of Holly Jarman’s book ‘The Politics of Trade and Tobacco Control’

By Robert Ireland, WCO Head of Research and Communications

10 years of promoting the academic standing of the Customs profession

By Professor David Widdowson, President of the International Network of Customs Universities

Prospects for Africa’s Tripartite Free Trade Agreement in the light of lessons learned from the East African Community

By Creck Buyonge Mirito