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UAE customs to get document reader at airports

UAE customs to get document reader at airports

ABU DHABI: UAE customs will be fitted with ‘readers’ at airports to identify forged documents in a pilot project being implemented by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to improve quality of service at land entry points.

Different readers will be part of the system to be activated in the UAE airports to establish and find identity of people and also to identify forged passports and travel documents,…

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UAE customs foils 13,705 smuggling attempts in 2014

UAE customs foils 13,705 smuggling attempts in 2014

DUBAI: UAE customs has foiled 13,705 smuggling attempts in 2014, including a number of illicit items wild animals, fireworks and millions of dirhams in undeclared cash.

Details of the haul that also included drugs, tobacco and alcohol, are included in a Department of Finance report.

Land and sea border controls, where officials at the General Administration of Customs also stopped 75 illegal…

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Sri Lanka, UAE Customs agree to increase technical cooperation

Sri Lanka, UAE Customs agree to increase technical cooperation

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and UAE Customs, in Colombo have signed an agreement with each other for the boost of technical cooperation between them, during a UAE delegation’s visit to Sri Lanka.

The agreement was signed by Saud Salem al-Aqrouby, FCA Head of the International Relations Department, and S. Rajendran, Additional Director of Sri Lankan Customs in the presence of Director-General of Sri Lankan…

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UAE Customs implements strategic plans

UAE Customs implements strategic plans

DUBAI: The Federal Customs Authority (FCA) exceeded the targeted implementation of its strategic and operating plan for the first half of 2014.

The regulator succeeded in implementing the target initiatives of its strategic and operating plan, adding that the results topped the target rates. While the target implementation percentage neared 46 per cent, the actual percentage stood at 52 per cent…

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