Role of customs and border cooperation in fighting the terrorism financing and funding proliferation

• Author: Florin Tudor
• Position: The Faculty of Juridical, Social and Political Sciences/Administrative Sciences and Regional Studies Department, 'Dunarea de Jos' University of Galati, Romania
• Pages: 181-183

AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www .juridicaljournal.univagora.ro

ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677

No. 4 (2014), pp. 181-184

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ROLE OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER COOPERATION IN FIGHTING THE

TERRORISM FINANCING AND FUNDING PROLIFERATION

F. Tudor

Florin Tudor

The Faculty of Juridical, Social and Political Sciences/Administrative Sciences and Regional

Studies Department

“Dunrea de Jos” University of Galai, Romania

*Correspondece: Florin Tudor, The Faculty of Juridical, Social and Political Sciences, Galai,

Str. Domneasc, nr. 111

Email: florin.tudor@ugal.ro

Abstract: In the context in which strategic objectives for of the customs union

concerns, first of all, protecting the EU, internat ional cooperation is in itself a strategy within

the EU customs policy. This study seeks to identify concrete solutions that can restrict the

financing acts of terrorism and crime in terms of economic and financial trade by reducing

fraud and t ax frontier. The involvement of international organizations specialized in trade

facilitation and simplification of customs as we ll as development and implementation of

international standards in security, can prioritize and identify timely the activities inconsistent

with international agreements in combating the financing of terorsim and proliferation

financing.

Keywords: cooperation, funding, terrorism, crime, fraud

Introduction

Through program documents, European Union, World Trade Organization and the

World Customs Organization support international cooperation, but it is estimated that States

Parties may intervene to prevent crime and adapting national legislation so that these do not

host reprehensible deeds committed in their territories or outside their.

But the EU is more conce rned with the supply cha in for the safety of and combating

fraud, identifying dual-use goods, intellectual property ri ghts, the proper interpretation of rules

of origin, but believes that the customs authorities and those competent for this phenomenon

must have clear procedures and effective transmission and execution of requests for

information or other ways of joint assistance

1

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In the past decade there have been made substantial efforts to combat terrorist

financing within the EU borders. There have been adopted, in a dynamic steady, legal

instruments to enhance the capacity to identify funding sources, but they are not sufficient,

efforts were directed further to new forms of cross-border cooperation.

The essence is that the border customs authorities must have at its disposal efficient

mechanisms and channels for timely execution of all possible measures t o prevent and counter

any preparatory act for border crossing of goods likely to contribute to untaxed profits that can

fund criminal acts.

Strategy for development of the Customs Union

Supervision and control of goods transiting the EU external borders is provided by the

customs authority which grants released to free circulation or export. Customs Border is a

leading provider of services to society through fiscal role that it has, but also for business,

fulfilling a number of operational objectives.

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See Article 19 of the International Convention for the S uppression of Terrorism adopted in New York on 9

December 1999, ratified b y Law 623 of Nove mber 19, 2002 published in the Official Gaz ette of Romania, Part I,

no. 852 of 26 November 2002.