The opening ceremony of the three-day training for frontline customs officers from Kazakhstan was held in Vienna

The opening ceremony of the three-day training for frontline customs officers from Kazakhstan was held in Vienna

On November 16, 2021, Kazakh diplomats attended the opening ceremony of the three-day training for frontline customs officers from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The officers were trained on handheld Raman field identification devices for seized materials of drugs and precursors.

The training was delivered by UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Service, conducted jointly with the UNODC World Customs Organization (WCO) Global Container Control Programme (CCP) – Regional segment for Central Asia. From the Kazakhstan side, officers from customs authorities in Nur-Sultan, Almaty, and Mangystau region attended the event.