Dolan: COPES 2015 is a real great partnership between the government of Peru,
the WCO and the U.S.,
both the U.S. mission here in Lima,
as well as our team back in headquarters.
But really, the initiative itself started many years ago in 2010.
We, as the U.S., really had a lot of practices
we wanted to share with the WCO members.
Thomas: The Customs from Peru seems to be very interested in the project
and also we have very good condition to test this training,
because of the cooperation existing for many years with the U.S.
and that makes that idea to work in partnership
and for us, the work of the U.S. CBP and the U.S. Embassy in Lima
helps us to communicate our message and speak the same language.
Dolan: We've been working with them through capacity building and training
and technical assistance and they've been making more seizures than ever before.
So a program like this, coming in behind this experience of them
now making more seizures will actually help them better secure those seizures
and have a more accountable process,
ultimately leading to better prosecutions and results.
And then finally, we are going to continue to work with them
as we go forward and also share our experiences with them
to see just how far they can take it.