Customs and foreign trade regulatory compliance is simply the practice of observing all regulations of exports, imports and transit by all stakeholders of the supply chain.

Effective compliance requires that goods are correctly declared to the national authorities (e.g. Export-Import Licensing agencies, Nuclear Regulatory Authorities, Customs services) according to the national laws, sanctions, and regulations. This concept also heavily includes not only national but also international  restrictions, prohibitions, standards, partnership, monitoring, auditing, knowledge, guide, corrective actions, and where required exchange of information and intelligence and expert advice.

Most of the compliance requires the supply chain stakeholders, Customs and other law enforcement agencies inside the country and at the national border to be aware of the binding international instruments such as the global drug control regime, non-proliferation of WMD related treaties, IAEA safeguards agreements, the UN Security Council trade-related recommendations, the convention on the international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna, the Basel convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal.

It is also important to note that non-compliant activities are at serious risk of security breaches at national and international levels, loss of productivity and markets, reputational and visibility damage of companies and countries. Non-compliance may also include heavy criminal penalties for the companies’ owners and managers.

For that reason, all public and private stakeholders of the supply chain should be in advance aware of current national and international sanctions, restrictions, prohibitions, standards  etc. and take necessary measures, including having expert advice from external professional consultants or consulting companies.

On the other hand, in order to increase the efficiency and capacity of border control agencies in combating cross-border crime (e.g. drug smuggling, human smuggling, illegal migration, radioactive materials, counterfeit good), all of the countries allocate an incredible amount of budget for detection equipment, infrastructure as well as training of customs and other law enforcement agencies working at border gates. However, due to the complexity, scope and structure of prevention, detection and investigation of cross-border crime, the national and international efforts mostly include public-private partnership and external expert advice from specialized consultants and consulting companies.

Our company with its team of distinguished international experts is ready to help international organizations, governments, ministries, specialized agencies as well as  trade communities all around the world by providing professional consultancy service on:

1. GAP AND NEED ANALYSIS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS

  • THREATS TO COMPLIANCE
  • REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
  • INSTUTIONAL REQUIREMENT
  • RAISING AWARENESS
  • PARTNERSHIP CONCEPT AND ITS APPLICATION
  • PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT WITH INDICATORS

2. INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK

3. STRATEGIC TRADE CONTROL AND BEST PRACTICES

4. EXPORT CONTROL REGIME AND BEST PRACTICES

5. TRAINING SUPPORT AND EXPERIENCE SHARING IN COMBATING SMUGGLING AND ORGANIZED CRIMES e.g.;

  • HUMAN SMUGGLING
  • ILLEGAL MIGRATION
  • ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING
  • CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL
  • RADIOACTIVE AND NUCLEAR SUBSTANCES
  • FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
  • CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ITEMS
  • CITES AND BIOSMUGGLING
  • OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
  • MONEY LAUNDERING AND CASH SMUGGLING
  • IPR AND COUNTERFEIT GOODS

6. EMERGING CROSS-BORDER CRIMES

7. DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY, TOOLS, AND STANDARDS FOR COMBATING SMUGGLING AND ORGANISED CRIMES

8. CUSTOMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BASIC NEEDS

  • OPEN AND OTHER INFORMATION SOURCES
  • INFORMATION ANALYSIS
  • INTELLIGENCE CYCLE
  • EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE
  • INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
  • INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES
  • INVESTIGATION REPORT
  • SEIZURE DATA AND ANALYSIS
  • OBSERVATION SKILL
  • BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

9. TRAINING, WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE SUPPORT

  • HANDBOOK FOR TRAINERS AND PARTICIPANTS
  • TRAINING CURRICULUM
  • TRAINING MATERIALS
  • LESSON PLANS
  • CASE STUDIES AND SCENARIOS
  • TABLE-TOP EXERCISES
  • BASIC AND ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES (INCLUDING TRAIN-THE-TRAINER)
  • DELIVERY OF LECTURES (ONLINE OR FACE TO FACE)
  • CONDUCTING CLASS-ROOM TRAINING ACTIVITIES, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES