WCO calls for increased border vigilance to protect Egypt's cultural heritage
SECRETARY General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya , calls on Customs administrations worldwide to increase their vigilance at borders on cultural artifacts that may be smuggled or exported illegally from Egypt by criminals and other unscrupulous persons using the current unrest in the country as a cover.
“Protecting a nation's cultural property from being illicitly trafficked across borders is one of the priorities for Customs administrations around the world; I am appealing to the global Customs community to be extremely vigilant at borders as Egypt's cultural heritage could be endangered” said the WCO Secretary General.