The National Customs Directorate of Paraguay will join the COLIBRI Project of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the European Union (EU) end of june this year, according to the letter from Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya. The aim of the initiative is to monitor and control flights along the cocaine route.
It is important to mention that the WCO and the European Union have joined forces to address the challenge posed by organised crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, and West and Central Africa.
According to information from the WCO, The COLIBRI project implemented within the framework of the EU-funded Cocaine Route Programme, specifically targets General Aviation, a vector that refers to civil aviation operations for transport other than commercial transport.
The initiative is designed to help meet the challenge of improving security on this specific channel, which is sensitive in terms of traffic and security, as well as for fiscal reasons.
The three major objectives of the project are:
- Strengthening the capacities of national administrations through training of trainers and mentoring.
- The creation of a global database for operational actors dedicated to general aviation and a Geoportal that will allow the integration of technical and dynamic information.
- The organization of coordinated international operations in the control of private business and pleasure aviation.
This project is implemented within the framework of the WCO Strategic Plan aimed at “Protect society, public health and security, contribute to the fight against crime and terrorism”, and in line with the role of Customs in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015, cites the WCO.
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