On 23 – 24 July 2019, BAFA conducted the Third Roadmap Activity for Ghana in the framework of the EU ATT OP II in Accra, Ghana. Ghana has been a long-term partner within the EU ATT OP II since its first phase, back in 2014.

The activity was titled “Training for customs officers with regards to ATT implementation in Ghana”. The main objective was to discuss the role of customs in the prevention of diversion and illicit trafficking, in line with ATT provisions. The workshop was attended by a total of 20 senior customs officers from different customs units located in the Southern sector of Ghana.

The roadmap activity addressed arms transfer control provisions and customs activities in Ghana, which provided an overview of customs practices and the status quo of ATT implementation in this Western African country as well as diversion definitions of the different activities covered by the ATT - export, import, transit, transshipment and brokering - as well as approaches to control those transactions. Moreover, challenges of commodity identification at customs and interagency cooperation from the custom’s perspective were discussed. Furthermore, risk profiling and risk management, procedures for inspection, seizure and impounding of shipments, approaches and processes of customs investigations completed the workshop’s agenda.