Nadi, Fiji. January 28- The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) held its first capacity-building workshop of 2025 focusing on strengthening leadership across its 23 member countries. The workshop facilitated by Charles Sturt University’s Centre for Customs and Excise...
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Pacific Customs Administrations Celebrate International Customs Day as Fiji’s PM Highlights Modernisation and Security
Suva, Fiji. January 27- Pacific customs administrations joined the global customs community in celebrating International Customs Day, with Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka emphasising the crucial role of customs services in an era of rapid technological change...
Pacific Nations Combat Drug Trafficking Through Small Craft Monitoring
Nadi, Fiji – November 26, 2024–Customs officers from across Oceania met in Nadi last week for an intensive training program to tackle the growing problem of drug smuggling in the region. The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO), in partnership with the Australian...
Pacific Customs Unite to Combat Revenue Evasion
October 28: Nadi, Fiji – The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) and Australian Border Force (ABF) are working to strengthen revenue protection across the Pacific region with the commencement of the Revenue Evasion Master Class in Nadi, Fiji. The three-day workshop,...
Oceania Customs Organisation Launches Groundbreaking Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Initiative
Suva, Fiji, October 2,2024 –The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) is tackling gender inequality in customs in the Pacific by integrating Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) into customs operations across the region. The initiative, which is part of the...
OCO Secretariat Launches Workshop to Streamline Customs Procedures and Boost Trade in the Pacific
Nadi, Fiji – September 23, 2024 – The OCO Secretariat, in partnership with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), today launched a regional workshop focused on simplifying and modernising customs procedures in the Pacific. This initiative,...
Oceania Customs Organisation Celebrates Cert IV Graduates
Suva, Fiji, September 19,2024 – The Oceania Customs Organisation Secretariat (OCO) today celebrated the graduation of a new cohort of customs officials who have successfully completed the Certificate IV (CERT IV) customs training program. The CERT IV program,...
MSG & Oceania Customs Organisation RENEW MoU
PORT VILA, VANUATU (19 September 2024): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed this morning between the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat and the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) Secretariat for partnership and collaboration on shared regional...
Oraka Stresses Importance of Intellectual Property Rights in the Pacific
Los Angeles, California. August 27: The Head of Secretariat for the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO), Nancy T. Oraka, addressed the Pacific Colloquium on Consumer Protection, Border Security, and Enforcement Against Trade in Counterfeit Goods today, highlighting the...
Cook Islands PM Calls for Collaboration Across Oceania Customs Agencies at 26th Annual Conference
SUVA, Fiji, August 8: Customs agencies in the region are increasingly concerned about the impacts of climate change, transnational organized crime, safe & secure trade facilitation, and the need to use more modern technology as well as enhance and improve...
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