The Belize Customs and Excise Department has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security, and the US Customs and Border Protection.
The purpose of this MOC is to collaborate and implement an information-sharing program that utilizes cargo manifest and conveyance information. It's another attempt at combatting transnational crime and other border security threats that go undetected in the transport of cargo from country to country.
Here's what Belize's Comptroller of Customs had to say about the initiative yesterday:
A press release from the US Embassy says, quote, "This program… will also assist in facilitating safe international maritime, air and terrestrial transport of cargo and detecting or monitoring cross-border criminal networks or activities including contraband." End quote.
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