1. Second Global Meeting of Wildlife Johannesburg – South Africa
RILO Regional Liaison office _____________________________ East & Southern Africa
Second Global Meeting of Wildlife
Enforcement Networks
Johannesburg – South Africa
September 28 – 29, 2016

2. Table of Contents Introduction Role of RILO-ESA WCO tools
CEN platform
CENcomm tool
Benefits of using CENcomm
CENcomm members of “ENVIRONET” close user group
Results of using of the WCO tools
World wide
ESA region
Contribution of ESA Region to combat Illicit traffic of CITES
Constraints
Advice
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3. Introduction
The Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) is a global Customs intelligence network consisting of 11 (eleven) RILOs, which ESA is part, scattered around in different regions of the world.
The RILO – ESA is an office for collecting and analysing data of the intelligence, as well as, disseminating information on trends, modus operandi, routes and significant cases of fraud.
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4. Role – RILO ESA
Encourage information exchange and NCP reporting into CEN;
Support regional intelligence –based operations;
Facilitate mutual assistance and cooperation with other enforcement agencies, including the exchange of related operational information in accordance with relevant legal provisions and in agreement with (national or regional) authorities;
Provide technical or other assistance to NCPs;
Promote and maintain regional cooperation between customs and between customs & other law enforcement agencies and organizations;
Circulate alerts, bulletins and annual reports on the activities.
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5. WCO Tools
is a Global Customs Enforcement System which also acts as a central depositary for enforcement-related information. It is a tool that enables Customs officers around the world to exchange information on Customs offences and intelligence in timely, reliable and secure manner with direct access available 24 hours a day too.
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6. WCO Tools
Is a global communication tool, that facilitates all user the exchange and use of data, timely, reliable and secure manner with direct access available 24 hours a day. All messages exchanged during an operation via CENcomm platform are stored encrypted on the WCO server.
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7. Benefits of using CENcomm
platform was developed and specially designed by WCO secretariat to:
Enable WCO members to fight illicit trade more effectively and efficiently;
Take care of information security concerns;
Overcomes languages barriers;
Ensure effective border control by combating the Customs offences and disrupting the flow of illicit traffic;
Allays security fears associated with using the internet;
etc.
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8. CENcomm Members of “ENVIRONET” Closed User Group
The members of “ENVIRONET” closed user group is composed by different entities of law enforcement as shown below:
WCO
Customs
Police
Interpol
Europol
UNDOC
CITES Secretariat
Non Governmental Organizations
ASEAN-WEN
LATF and so many others
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9. Results of using the WCO tools World Wide
Overall we conclude that there was a decrease of approximately 31.16% of the cases of seizures related to CITES in the period of January to July 2016, compared to the same period of 2015.
Total
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10. Results of using the WCO tools ESA Region
Overall we conclude that there was a decrease of approximately 40.54% of the cases of seizures related to CITES in the period of January to July 2016, compared to the same period of 2015.
Total
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11. Contribution of ESA Region on Illicit traffic of CITES
Considering the scenarios below, taking into account the data in our possession, obtained from CEN, we conclude that our contribution on this fight is still far beyond the desired.
Period of seizures Jan - July
2015
2016
World wide
1428
983
ESA region 37 22
Contribution of ESA region
2.59%
2.23%
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12. Constraints
The weak use of CENcomm and other tools provided by WCO, determines low quality and quantity of intelligence information in our region and the world at large, consequently, making it difficult to combat the smuggling and illicit trade of goods.
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13. …using technology for better Customs & Wildlife Enforcement…
Advice
…using technology for better Customs & Wildlife Enforcement…
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14. Anísio Langa aaflanga@gmail. com RILO-ESA@at. gov
Anísio Langa Maputo – Mozambique