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Fabian Villarroel represented CLADEC at a recent Customs Congress held in Guayaquil, Ecuador . Fabian’s presentation focused on the necessary modernization of the Courier regime in Ecuador to effectively handle e-commerce The Customs Congress of the Americas and the Caribbean is the largest annual meeting on customs and foreign trade, which is made up of representatives of the National Government, Foreign Trade Operators, delegates from international organizations such as: the World Customs...

Convened by the United Nations Secretariat of the International Narcotics Control Board Mexico City, 12-14 June 2023 CLADEC was invited to participate in a meeting  of the United Nations agency, Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances or GRIDS held in Mexico City.  “The GRIDS Programme aims to measurably reduce trafficking in dangerous substances globally, with a particular focus on dangerous new psychoactive substances (NPS) not yet under international control and non-medical...

Fabian Villarroel and Frank Santeiro participated in this year’s meeting between regional customs administrations and the private sector at the annual COMALEP meeting, which was held in Punta Cana Dominican Republic. This was the first fully in-person COMALEP since the start of the COVID -19 epidemic.  Fabian moderated a panel on CHALLENGES AND INITIATIVES FOR THE INCLUSION OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE.  Fabian and Frank had the opportunity of meeting with Dominican...

In the Global Program for the Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) we aim to significantly reduce the trafficking of dangerous substances around the world, with a special focus on new psychoactive substances (NPS), non-medical synthetic opioids, as well as precursor chemicals. As part of our work, we also support the strengthening of the public-private partnership, through expert meetings, twinning meetings (twinning meetings) and more. In our network of partners from the private...