Customs Unveils Modern Operational Center for Surveillance
Algerian Customs has inaugurated a modern operational center in Algiers, marking a key step in modernizing services to reinforce surveillance, accelerate interventions, and effectively combat fraud and organized cross-border crime. This development aims to protect the national economy.
Algerian Customs has officially inaugurated a modern operational center in Algiers, an event attended by the Minister of Finance, Mohamed Lamine Lebbou, and the Director General of Customs, Major General Abdelhafid Bakhouche, alongside other senior security officials. This new infrastructure is designed to reinforce control mechanisms, enhance the efficiency of customs interventions, strengthen surveillance capabilities, and accelerate response times. The inauguration coincides with the celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the glorious Revolution of November, underscoring its significance as a pivotal advancement in the modernization of customs services.
The newly established center is equipped with advanced tools for real-time monitoring of diverse customs activities and comprehensive data exploitation. Its core mission involves the continuous collection of information from regional operational centers, overseeing various service activities, and preparing intelligence bulletins and periodic reports for high-level authorities. Furthermore, the center ensures the immediate transmission of critical information, facilitating prompt field monitoring and rapid reactions to emerging situations. It plays a crucial role in directing and overseeing operational teams to expedite interventions and bolster efforts against smuggling networks and organized cross-border criminal activities.
This initiative represents a strategic response to the dynamic shifts in the global economic and commercial landscape, coupled with the evolving methods employed in fraud and smuggling that threaten the national economy. By leveraging precise and updated information, the center will improve decision-making processes within the customs administration. Evolving from a dedicated operational service established in early 2024, this integrated system reflects ongoing efforts to modernize the customs institution, enhance its operational capacities, and develop its control framework, aligning with the directives of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune for digitalization and modernized management.
