(photo from BOC)
In a ceremony, the bureau formally launched its Customs Operations Center to command and control the intelligence and enforcement operations of its 17 collection districts around the country.
The facility is designed to house the different intelligence, enforcement, risk management, and scanning systems of the Customs bureau.
It will also oversee the intelligence database, electronic tracking of containerized cargo (E-TRACC) and the vessel monitoring system.
The command center will also have the capabilities to utilize the universal risk management system (URMS) and provide remote access to the scanning or X-ray systems of the bureau under the X-ray Inspection Project.