We recently welcomed a visit from key US partner agency, Joint Interagency Task Force - West, who made the trip across the Pacific to visit Customs and other key New Zealand agencies. This was also an opportunity to introduce the current head of JIATF-W, Rear Admiral Bob Little to New Zealand, and provide an overview of the collaboration that exists to reinforce the close relationship JIATF-W has with the New Zealand Customs Service. Their visit included discussions with Customs leadership, the National Maritime Coordination Centre in Wellington, and a visit to Auckland for a briefing on our Maritime and Intelligence capabilities. These discussions were aimed at how both agencies collaboratively focus on targeting the movement of illicit drugs across borders and the effects of Transnational Organised Crime across the Pacific region. Customs along with JIATF-W and NZ Police share a close relationship, which is supported by Customs and NZ Police liaison officers based in Los Angeles. Customs Counsellor Steve Waugh, who accompanied the agency on their visit said, “Customs does great work in protecting New Zealand, and our stakeholders such as JIATF-W are an important part of this. Their visit to Customs was a great opportunity for JIATF-W to speak to the people they often work with remotely, and across great distance.”
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