ISLAMABAD: Additional Collector New Islamabad International Airport (NNIA) Nisar Phularwal said that World Customs Organization (WCO) handed over new software Advance Passenger Manifest (APM) to control the money laundering to Collectorate of Customs.
Additional Collector Nisar said that World Customs Organization (WCO) provided a software named APM which will installed on first stage in airlines i.e. Emirates Airline and Pakistan International Airline (PIA), telling the details of functionality of the software, he told that the software will share data with the customs department and other Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) at the time when passenger will obtain the ticket of these airlines.
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He said that during the first phase, the software will be installed in PIA and Emirates Airlines booking offices, while all the airlines will be covered under AMP software in 2nd phase, the software will be operational from 15th November 2018 at Karachi and Islamabad Airports.
He added that after getting useful information via AMP software the Customs and LEAs will be able to evaluate regarding suspicious passenger and khapias (professional money launderer) and so they can make appropriate action against them timely, he further told that airport authorities have been provided a separate room at NIIA to install the APM software.
