The following is excerpted from a 5 November 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya, has been listed in Global Tax 50, the International Tax Review’s annual selection of individuals and organizations they believe have made a substantial impact on tax practice and administration in the last 12 months.
Notable leaders on the list include the President of Chile, the President of France, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, India’s Minister of Finance, Mauritius’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chairman of the US Senate Finance Committee, the European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud, and GSK’s Chief Executive Officer.
This release is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/press/?v=1&lid=1&cid=14&id=325