WCO Announces Pakistani Heroin Seizure by UN-WCO Container Control Unit
In a July 29,2010 press release, the World Customs Organization announced a recent seizure by Pakistani officials of 90 kilograms of heroin in a container shipment bound for Europe. This seizure is the largest to date in a number of…
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significant seizures made by the Port Control Unit in Karachi since the team was created under the auspices of the joint UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP). Units of the CCP are trained by experts from WCO Member Customs administrations with the support of UNODC personnel to profile containers on the basis of WCO risk indicators. The initial sites for CCP implementation in Pakistan were the container terminals in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest and busiest seaport and Port Qasim but now include an additional seven inland container terminals.