Press Release
Here are the latest press release involving OCO Seccretariat and its members.
PR 28/21 OCO 21st Annual Meeting – Transnational crimes require regional collaboration
Suva, Fiji, September 02, 2021- Despite border closures and reduced air and sea travel because of COVID-19, Customs administrations in the region...

PR 27/21 Heads of Customs in Oceania region meet for Annual Conference
Suva, Fiji, August 26, 2021- The Heads of Customs administrations in the region are holding their annual conference virtually today to discuss...

Vanuatu keeps up with the World of E-Commerce and Digital Trade PR26/21
Suva, Fiji, June 16, 2021- COVID-19 has not only decimated Pacific Island economies, it has also catapulted to the fore the urgent need to move...

Regional collaboration against transnational crimes PR25/21
Suva, Fiji,08 June 2021- The OCO Head of Secretariat, Richard Brennan says the more knowledge OCO members have of organized crimes, the better they...

OCO Provides Capacity Building on Digital Customs and E-commerce to Members PR24/21
Suva, Fiji, 24 May, 2021- The Oceania Customs Organisation organised its first Virtual Workshop on Digital Customs & Ecommerce from 18-21 May,...

OCO members prepare to implement HS 2022 PR16/21
Suva, Fiji, 29 March, 2021 - OCO members are preparing for the implementation of HS 2022, which is the seventh edition of the Harmonized System (HS)...

ABF and OCO helps Savusavu law enforcement officers prepare for new sailing season PR23/21
Suva, Fiji, 08 April, 2021- The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO), supported by the Australia Border Force (ABF) is helping Fijian border law...

OCO Marks the end of Pacific Women in Customs Series PR023/21
Suva, Fiji, 31 March 2021- OCO chairperson Salvador Jacob says there has been progress, but more work still needs to be done to ensure gender...

OCO/PACNEWS PACIFIC WOMEN IN CUSTOMS SERIES: “Odelaffi, a good servant of Palau” PR22/21
Suva, Fiji, 30 March, 2021- The adage never judge a book by its cover holds true for Odelaffi Sato, the woman behind the Post Audit Section of the...

OCO/PACNEWS PACIFIC WOMEN IN CUSTOMS SERIES: “Joline manages Palau Customs’ digital” PR20/21
Suva, Fiji, 29 March, 2021. Palau’s Bureau of Customs and Border Protection relies on Joline Spesungel for any IT related work. Joline has been...