The following is excerpted from a 4 July 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has just published its 2011 Reports on drug trafficking, tobacco smuggling and infringements of intellectual property rights (IPR) that highlight trends and developments and provide Customs authorities with relevant analysis and useable data.
They also demonstrate the efforts made by Customs in the course of 2011 to combat illicit trade more effectively, in particular through high-impact operations organized by WCO Members with the support of the WCO Secretariat and its partners.
This release is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/press/?v=1&lid=1&cid=14&id=310