Combatting Customs Frauds - Policy developments and best practices Pashupati. N. Pandey Senior Technical Officer Compliance and Facilitation World Customs Organization e-mail: pn.pandey@wcoomd.org European Parliament Public hearing on “Combatting Customs fraud” 8 April 2019, Brussels WCO-OMD © 2019
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