The following is excerpted from a 23 June 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya met US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on 23 June 2012 for discussions on security-related issues at the end of her visit to Denmark, France, and Belgium respectively.
The Secretary General spoke about the WCO’s work on air cargo security and the update of the SAFE Framework of Standards, as well as other matters such as Programme Global Shield that addresses the illicit diversion of precursor chemicals used to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
This report is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/reports/?v=1&lid=1&cid=2&id=382