Workshop on Strategic Trade Control Risk on Controlled Trade

How to interdict strategic goods, how to profile strategic trade control risk on controlled trade - these and other issues were in the focus of regional training on strategic goods interdiction under the "UNODC-World Customs Organization Global Container Control Programme - Regional Segment for Central Asia and Azerbaijan" held on 4-8 May 2015 in Baku. Representatives of Customs and other law enforcement agencies from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Pakistan took part in the event. UNODC representatives and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration facilitated the training. The State Customs Committee of the Azerbaijan hosted training at the Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB) of the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Baku.

In his opening remarks Lieutenant-General Asgar Abdullayev, Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Azerbaijan highlighted the importance of the Container Control Programme.

Container Control Programme - Regional Segment for Central Asia and Azerbaijan is funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program.
The Global Container Control Programme is a joint UNODC/ WCO aims at establishing so called Joint Port Control Units (JPCU) comprising Police, Customs and relevant law enforcement authorities in key regional container ports.