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Date	Title	Category
21.08.2006	Large quantity of heroin found by customs officers near Italian border In Vrtojba customs officers of the Customs Mobile unit found 45 kg of heroin in a spare tire of a truck (trailer) belonging to a Serbian citizen and his fellow traveller.
12.09.2006	Official visit of the Vice- Minister of Customs of People's Republic of China At the invitation of General Director of Slovene Customs Administration the Vice- Minister of Customs of the People's Republic of China Liu Wenjie with his delegation arrived for an official visit to Slovenia.
26.09.2006	Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on Co-operation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters On September 24 to 26 a delegation of the Under-Secretariat for Customs Matters of the Republic of Turkey visited Slovenia.
07.11.2006	Equipment for detection of radioactive substances delivered to Slovenia by American Government In the Port of Koper equipment for detection of radioactive substances, the so called portal monitors were delivered to representatives of the Slovenian Government by the American Government. The equipment will be used by the Slovenian Customs.
01.01.2007	Authorised economic operator (AEO) status Reliable and compliant traders will benefit from simplifications in the customs procedure and/or from facilitation with regard to customs controls relating to safety and security under the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Certification scheme.
05.01.2007	23.6 kg heroin found with Macedonian citizen The Customs officers at the Obrežje border crossing found 23,6 kg heroin in a car driven by a Macedonian citizen.
09.03.2007	Exchange of web portals experience between Polish and Slovenian Customs service Within the Customs 2007 programme, two representatives of the Polish Customs service paid a visit to the Slovenian Customs from 6 to 9 March 2007.
13.03.2007	Cigarettes smuggled under waste aluminium On 8 March the customs officers at the Zavrč international border crossing were successful in their fight against cigarette smugglers.
09.05.2007	Smuggled cigarettes found during fuel control During the fuel control on May 7, 2007 one of the customs mobile units discovered smuggled cigarettes at the Šentilj border crossing.
30.05.2007	Sniffing dog detected large quantity of heroin at Gruškovje border crossing On May 25, 2007 at the Gruškovje border crossing mobile customs officers discovered 63 packages (32.8 kg) of heroin in a private vehicle owned by a Turkish citizen.
09.07.2007	Report on OLAF operational activities: statements of Director General Franz-Hermann Brüner on co-operation with Slovenia In Brussels the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) issued an annual report on operational activities during the year 2006 and a press release.
13.07.2007	Visit of Finnish delegation On 12 and 13 July 2007 Mr. Tapani Erling, Director General of the Finnish Customs Administration, and Ms. Merja Hallivuori, Head of the International Co-operation Service, paid a visit to the General Customs Directorate and Koper Customs Directorate.
24.08.2007	Cocaine in Port of Koper 37 kg cocaine found by Koper customs officers.
18.09.2007	Quadrilateral meeting (Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia) On 13 and 14 September a regular annual meeting of customs administrations of four neighbouring countries was held in Portorož.
09.10.2007	Seminar on Security Rules in Ljubljana From September 25 to 27, within, a seminar on security rules was organised the Customs 2007 programme by the Customs Administration of the Republic of Slovenia.
28.11.2007	Rajko Skubic appointed new Director-General New Director-General of the Customs Administration of the Republic of Slovenia.
25.01.2008	MRN based follow-up in the Export Control System ECS_MRN follow-up.
01.02.2008	Prohibited drugs exhibition To celebrate the International Customs Day, 26 January, an exhibition on the fight against prohibited drugs was opened at the General Customs Directorate in Ljubljana.
04.02.2008	Val di Fiemme: Five medals for Slovenian Customs During 55th International Customs Winter Games held in Val di Fiemme (Italy), sportwomen and sportmen employed at the Slovenian Customs Administration won four gold medals and one bronze medal.
14.02.2008	EurTradeNet – ETN in Slovenian Customs EurTradeNet is a Europe-wide network of expert Customs-related service providers that has developed a common digital framework called Common Access Point.
18.03.2008	Conference on Customs Cooperation in South-East Europe Updated customs blueprints and fight against counterfeiting were the main topics of the conference held from 12 to 14 March at Brdo pri Kranju.
11.04.2008	Slovenian Customs in 2007 In this annual report we outline some of the major developments in 2007, and we examine new features of legislation, major changes in our work methods, the introduction of new computer applications and the use of new equipment.	Newsletter Press release
21.04.2008	Imeno border crossing temporary closed As from midnight 21 April 2008 Imeno border crossing will be temporary closed.	Press release
23.04.2008	Website on EU Customs Union's 40th Anniversary European Commission has launched a dedicated website on Customs Union.	Press release
15.05.2008	Exhibition of counterfeit goods Over one hundred counterfeit products were displayed: clothes, shoes, sunglasses, bags, belts, wallets, scarves, perfumes, balls, towels, spare parts for mobile phones, logotypes, key holders, alcoholic beverages, etc.	Press release
02.07.2008	40 years, 9 sports men/women and 5 border crossings 40th Anniversary of the European Customs Union is a very important event and therefore sports men and sports women employed at the Slovenian Customs took their task very seriously.	Press release
14.07.2008	Counterfeit goods attracted great attention Counterfeit goods seized by the Slovenian Customs were displayed for public.	Press release
17.10.2008	Slovenian Customs awarded for good practice A project Through Partnership to Optimisation of Work Processes and Faster Movement of Goods was awarded at the Conference on Good Practices.	Press release
17.10.2008	October 8 – Slovenian Customs Day Director General awarded the most deserved employees with bronze, silver and golden awards.	Press release
03.11.2008	70 kg cocaine in tile glue Customs officers in the Port of Koper seized more than 70 kg of cocaine in a container from Columbia.	Press release

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