The U.S. and France recently signed a joint declaration aiming to strengthen bilateral cooperation in customs matters and to improve the facilitation of goods and travelers.
According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, improved collaboration is expected to include the following areas.
- intelligence, inspections, investigations, targeting and operational cooperation, and exchange of best practices
- risk analysis and targeting of controls on passengers and cargo
- securing container traffic, major port and airport facilities, express freight, and e-commerce
- combatting arms and drug trafficking, transnational organized crime, and threats to national security
Entities involved will include the French Customs Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations, the French National Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, and the French Customs Risk Analysis and Targeting Service and CBP’s National Targeting Center.
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