The 26^th Administrative Meeting of National Contact Points (NCP) of World Customs Organizations (WCO) Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific (RILO AP) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka between 11 and 13 November 2014 sponsored by Sri Lanka Customs. The meeting was attended by 30 delegates from 17 Member administrations, six delegates from international organizations such as WCO, RILO ECE, RILO ME, RILO WE, ROCB AP and UNEP ROAP and one Israel Customs Attaché in Beijing as an observer.

From 10 to 14 November, 2014 the World Customs Organization organized an accreditation workshop for English speaking Technical Operational Advisors in the area of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) implementation at Royal Malaysian Customs Academy (AKMAL), Melaka.

The Bilateral Meeting between Royal Malaysian Customs and Japan Customs was held on 12 November 2014 in Kashiwa, Japan.

The WCO and Japan Customs and Tariff Bureau signed the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) for the Establishment of WCO Regional Customs Laboratory (RCL) at the WCO Council sessions in June 2014.

On the 18th – 20th November 2014, the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD), as the current Vice Chair for Asia Pacific hosted the 24th Regional Contact Point Meeting in Langkawi, Malaysia.

Two Asian passengers aged 22 and 19 have been detained following discovery of drugs in their possession.

In the first case, 1008 grams of Cannabis were seized hidden in the luggage of a male passenger, who travelled to Maldives on 22^nd November 2014.

The World Customs Organization (WCO) Asia/Pacific Vice-Chair handing over ceremony was held on 26^th June 2014 during the 123^rd/124^th WCO Council Sessions in Brussels, Belgium.

The Director General of Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Dato’ Sri Khazali bin Ahmad representing the Government of Malaysia signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) programs between the Government of Malaysia and the Customs Administration of Japan  on Friday (27^th June 2014) at the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

The 15th World Customs Organization (WCO) Asia/Pacific Regional Heads of Customs Administration Conference was held in Port Douglas, Australia from 29 April - 2 May 2014.

The workshop was held on 13-17 January 2014 at the China Customs Radiation Detection Training Center (RTDC) in Qinhuangdao, China. The RTDC, which was set up in 2012, is a cooperative project between China Customs and US Department of Energy, in order to enhance the capability of China Customs in combating...

Royal Malaysian Customs Academy (AKMAL), Melaka hosted the WCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on Resource Mobilization from 24th to 28th February, 2014.  This workshop was co-organized by the WCO,   WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB A/P) and AKMAL under the sponsorship of Customs Cooperation Fund/Japan.

The 5th Session of the WCO Capacity Building Committee (CBC) was held in Brussels from 31st March to 2 April 2014 with the theme “Strong People-Strong Organizations”. Around 240 delegates from WCO Member Administrations and stakeholder organizations attended the session.