European Commission donates Moldovan Customs Service scanning equipment

The European Commission donated the Customs Service of Moldova a scanning system with X-rays worth 1.6 million euros, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to a communique by the Delegation of the European Commission to Moldova, the assistance is part of a regional project providing for donating screening equipment to the customs services of Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine. “The X-ray screening system will be used to identify goods illicitly crossing the Moldovan border”, reads the press release. First, the system will be installed at the Mamaliga-Criva border crossing point. Within the same project, 30 Moldovan customs officers will get training.