It was founded on 30 January 1992. SCC is a law enforcement body and engaged in realization of customs
matters in Azerbaijan. One of its main tasks is prevention of illicit traffic of narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances through the customs border.
Its structure consists of:
Committee 1
Customhouses 18 (59 таможенных постов)
Central Laboratory
Training Center
Sports-Sanitary Center
Foreign Economic Unit «Azerterminalcomplex»
Organization departments dealing with combat against narcotic drugs are:
1. Anti-Smuggling and Customs Rules Infringement Head Department
1.1. Operation Department:
Operation–research division
Division on combat against illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs
Cynological Division
1.2. Inquiry Division
2. Investigation Department
3. Similar departments of the local customs offices
16.06.2007 GUAM Secretariat in Kyiv hosted the UNODC Workshop on Nuclear Terrorism The experts informed the participants of the Workshop on recent developments in global counter-terrorism legal framework, the UN instruments in the area of international legal cooperation in countering terrorism, the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and other legal aspects of nuclear security, practical issues in the area of international cooperation related to mutual legal assistance and extradition, the human rights aspects of international cooperation in combating terrorism, lessons learned and obstacles encountered in this area, and Illicit Trafficking Database (ITDB).
16.06.2007 Meeting of the Working Group on Combating Terrorism The meeting was held under the presidency of a new Chairman of the WGCTOC, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Mr. Georgiy Lordkipanidze with the participation also of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Vilayat Eyvazov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Mr. Vasiliy Marmazov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova Mr. Nikolay Gumenny, and GUAM Secretary General Ambassador Valery Chechelashvili.