TTEK recently re-started a Customs revenue enhancement engagement with the Bahamas Ministry of Finance, after it was temporarily paused due to Covid-19 and the ongoing pandemic travel restrictions back in June 2020. This current phase of the project has primarily focused on strengthening the capabilities of the Bahamas Customs Post Clearance Audit (PCA) program. Prior to this phase, TTEK’s Ai-driven technology was employed to perform a revenue forensics analysis, which identified the most likely areas of revenue leakage associated with recent importations.
The WCO CTS Myth - Part 1: Is the WCO Marketing with the ASYCUDA model?
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is blocking the technology providers from those countries who require and seek a robust risk management solution, by suggesting their Cargo Targeting System (CTS) as the only viable solution available. No market awareness or survey is provided. Sure -the WCO will point members to the TEN network or WCO IT Conference, but it’s clear to us that members are shown all roads lead to the CTS…. especially when they are told it makes them compliant with WCO SAFE....