This book of approximately 500 pages, published by Bouregreg, sheds light mainly on the changes, risks and means of action of customs in the digital age.
The author of this work believes that digital technology must be questioned as both the instrument and the body of the crime in customs, because the digital situation generates other threats, in particular cross-border electronic transactions, the control of which is eminently more complex.
He also emphasizes the importance of technology which, with the advent of artificial intelligence, blockchain and big data, must be able to provide viable solutions to improve the quality of public service.
For its part, the customs profession in the world should renew its codes, its provisions, its practices and its approaches, with the objective of reconciling the imperative of fluidity of a border and the requirement of regulation of trade, which is extraordinarily increasing, recommends Mr. Belbachir.
Regarding the law, it should be able to keep up with the times and adapt more quickly to better ensure the supervision of cross-border trade and offer the legal guarantees necessary for the exercise of customs missions, he adds.
And to support: “These multiple realities call for a real overhaul to give customs around the world the means to meet the digital challenge. Carrying multiple risks, the bet of adapting customs to this new context comes at this price.”
Larbi Belbachir worked for nearly forty years in Moroccan customs. Top of the international class of the French National Customs School in Neuilly in 1973, he was successively appointed to management positions at the central and regional levels, after having led several operational intervention units.
He will end his career as an advisor to the Director General of Customs. His experience in the areas of customs intelligence, the fight against fraud and illicit drug trafficking make him a recognized expert in the field.
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