The Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT) announced this Monday (15.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX) that Guatemala will be the headquarters of the new Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO, for its acronym in English) for Central America, initiative promoted by the region's customs to have safer and more efficient international trade.
This was announced by the Guatemalan tax authority after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, The meeting was attended by the Superintendent of SAT, Marco Livio Díaz, and the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, Kunio Mikuriya, which enables the establishment of the Rilo Office in Guatemala. The authorities were accompanied by the Directors of SAT and Alejandro González; the Superintendent of Customs, Werner Ovalle, and the Deputy President of the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States (RILO CIS), Ilya Smorodinow; the Vice President of Economy, Edith Flores, and the Directors of Customs of the Americas and the Caribbean Region.
It should be noted that the RILO initiative is key part of the World Customs Organization's Strategic Plan under the objective of “protecting society”. In this regard, the authorities noted that RILO plays a key role in facilitating coordinated border management practices (figure found in the Trade Facilitation Agreement). The RILO network, made up of regional intelligence divisions that are dedicated to strengthening global customs information and intelligence sharing, acts as regional data collector and analyst.
Specifically, the main ones RILO functions
- Coordinate regional operations
- Produce intelligence bulletins
- Act as a focal point at regional and global level
- Facilitate the exchange of information
- Coordinate the use of platforms
- Develop intelligence capabilities.
In view of the new RILO office in Guatemala, the customs of the Central American region “are committed to implementing more agile and secure processes in foreign trade operations, promoting and executing actions to facilitate trade, collect taxes, and protect society and security, in coordination with customs worldwide,” SAT said in the statement.
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