Articles under section " Focus: Collecting enforcement related data "

Collecting, storing, analysing and disseminating law-enforcement information efficiently is critical for establishing robust intelligence capabilities. To support Customs administrations in this area, three WCO applications have been developed: The Customs Enforcement Network (CEN), a web platform ...

When the first discussions on the creation of the Customs Enforcement Network (CEN) were initiated during the Enforcement Committee in 1999, there was agreement that the CEN would have positive implications for the organization of Customs enforcement services around the world. The project was unanim...

Engaging WCO Members As a basic principle, the CEN Charter calls on heads of Customs administrations to raise awareness among their staff as to the added value of the CEN at the national level, in order to convince them that by providing high-quality data to the CEN, they can derive more accurate ...

“Ideas mean nothing without execution” While the strategic initiative is critical to fulfilling our goals, every initiative has to have its own strategy. For the WCO Secretariat, this means, on the one hand, putting in place technological solutions to facilitate data entry, and working on fur...

Detecting the illicit trade of prohibited or regulated commodities is extremely challenging. One way to enhance identification capacities is to analyse data related to seizures and detentions and develop a set of rules: deductive rules based on watchlists; inductive rules, using indicators or anomal...

Data analysis: the case of Georgia Customs “Smuggling trends and patterns change very fast. Having quality data on seizures is key to identify emerging risks in terms of commodities and modus operandi”, explained a representative of Georgia Customs[1]. Before implementing the nCEN, data related ...

Communication component: the case of North Macedonia Customs Deployments of the nCEN application in Customs administrations already possessing centralized systems for enforcement data show that the nCEN can also be instrumental in setting up cooperation mechanisms at the regional level and beyond, a...

The COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges to the international trade community. Many of these were new to the officers working for the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), the Government of India’s nodal body responsible for formulation and implementation of policy relati...

Review At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the DIGIT team decided it was time to look again at the system to ensure it was still fit for purpose and to identify ways to enhance it. They first focused on analysing the quality of the data captured in the application and identifying areas of i...

Impetus from the top This comprehensive review of DIGIT was not only supported but also driven by the highest echelons of the Indian Customs Department, ultimately culminating in the development of a dashboard for the Finance Minister of India, which enabled her to visualize Customs offences based...