Working Group on
Information Sharing
23-24 March 2017
Brisbane AUSTRALIA
SCENE-SETTING
• Background & Purpose of IWG
• Objectives & Expected Outcomes
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IWG Background
• 2015 OCO Annual Conference: establishes IWG
• Purpose:
 assess capabilities to compile and share info
 assess authority to share info
 facilitate sharing of info
• Membership: Australia, Fiji, Guam, New Zealand, Niue
(and New Caledonia); and OCO Secretariat
• Update:
 3 meetings in 2016 (Guam, Auckland, Apia)
 Framework & High Level Understanding on Info Sharing
New one
Pacific
Transnational
IN CONFIDENCE
Response to Transnational Organized Crime
1.Policy and Legislation
2.Research and Data
3.Capacity Building
4.Regional Strategies & Networks
(Cross-border Cooperation)
Source: UNODC
1. Policy and Legislation
(Bring up UNODC & PTCCC slides)
PILON Methamphetamine Review
Country
Coverage of legislation
Cook Islands
Partial
Federated States of Micronesia
Partial
Fiji
Partial
Kiribati
None
Nauru
Partial
New Zealand
Full
Niue
Partial
Palau
Partial
Papua New Guinea
None
Pitcairn Islands
None
Samoa
Partial
Republic of Marshall Islands
None
Solomon Islands
None
Tonga
Partial
Tuvalu
None
Vanuatu
Partial
Australia
Full
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
1. Policy and Legislation
A key Question
Is there authority in national
legislation or policy to share
intelligence by Customs with
other law enforcement
agencies, and vice-versa?
4. Regional Strategies & Networks
A key Question
There exists a plethora of
regional strategies and
networks, but how well
coordinated are they to
maximise effective use of
available information?
A key consideration:
Addressing transnational
crime requires different actors
to be involved as well as
regional governance
approaches and partnerships
Source: UNODC
The bottom line is:
Working Together As One For
A Safer Pacific
Source: PTCN
OCO Regional Framework on Information Sharing
(and High Level Understanding)
• Modernise business & operating processes,
based on risk management and intelligence-led
decision making
• Develop common resources & templates to
facilitate the development and sharing of
information and intelligence products
• Promote partnerships and communication
between countries and key stakeholders
• Strengthen capacity of Customs administrations
Some recent developments…
• Bilateral MOUs signed between Fiji and
Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu
Objectives & Expected Outcomes
• Share experiences on available
products and networks for sharing info
• Share experiences on institutional
arrangements (e.g. TCU, CLAG)
• Identify legal, institutional, capacity or
technology gaps
• Map-out actors involved incl. regional
network arrangements
Lack of
Partnership
Together we will achieve this
THANK YOU