Cameroon and Nigeria customs officials share anti-smuggling tactics
A five-day program in Yaounde aims to improve border management and combat revenue losses.
Cameroon and Nigeria have started a five-day customs cooperation program in Yaounde to fight cross-border smuggling, financial crime, and revenue losses. The initiative, which began on Monday, October 26, involves officials from Cameroon's Customs Directorate General and a delegation from the Nigeria Customs Service Command and Staff College. The program focuses on sharing operational experience in customs surveillance, cargo inspection, financial intelligence, coordinated border management, and revenue collection.
The training, running until October 30, also covers real-time data sharing between customs administrations, measures to combat money laundering, and efforts to counter terrorism financing. These activities are part of customs operations involving the movement of goods, the detection of illicit trade, the collection of import duties, and the enforcement of trade regulations. The Nigerian delegation includes 13 trainees and four administrators, led by Happiness Ebelle, Assistant Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service.
This cooperation aims to strengthen efforts to combat financial crime and revenue losses while improving border management and trade security between the two nations.
Why it mattersCameroon and Nigeria are cooperating to combat cross-border smuggling and financial crime, affecting revenue collection and trade security.