To strictly prevent the cross-border movement of illegal waste and achieve sustainable development of national territory, the Customs Administration convened “Guarding Borders with Integrity, Protecting the Environment via Joint Defense” Customs Border Waste Import and Export Joint Prevention Platform meeting on June 16, 2026, at Kaohsiung Customs. The Customs Administration invited the Agency Against Corruption of the Ministry of Justice, the Taiwan Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office (hereinafter referred to as the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office), the Environmental Management Administration of the Ministry of Environment (hereinafter EMA), and the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government (hereinafter referred to as the Environmental Protection Bureau) to facilitate deep integration across three major dimensions regarding illegal border waste: “intelligence sharing,” “professional determination,” and “integrity mechanisms.” This platform aims to establish a “clean, transparent, and rigorous” border defense network through an interagency joint defense system.

The Customs Administration further explained that the core of this meeting focused on the combination of “safeguarding with integrity” and “border protection.” The import and export of illegal waste is frequently accompanied by false declarations or evasion tactics, challenging the limits of customs inspection capabilities. Therefore, this platform integrates the professional evaluation effectiveness of the EMA and the Environmental Protection Bureau, while incorporating the judicial investigative power of the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office to ensure that illegal cases can be immediately seized and strictly prosecuted. Only through transparency in customs administration can border resilience be strengthened. By introducing an integrity risk early warning mechanism, this platform not only protects frontline inspection officers from illicit temptation and lobbying pressure, but also enhances governmental administrative transparency. This will further optimize Taiwan’s performance in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). All participating agencies unanimously agreed that the integrity of administrative procedures is positively correlated with the strength of border defense, serving as a solid backbone for environmental justice.

The Customs Administration urged that it will continue to refine intelligent technology investigation techniques, combine the collective strength of prosecutorial, integrity, and environmental agencies, and establish an intelligence sharing and joint defense mechanism. The government will investigate and deal with violations with a “zero tolerance” attitude to safeguard our clean national environment together.

Division: Civil Service Ethics Office
Contact: Ms. Yang
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