Tasiu Sanusi Saulawa
- Assistant Comptroller of Customs
- Nigeria Customs Service
Having joined Nigeria Customs Service in 2009, Dr. Sanusi Tasiu Saulawa advanced through the ranks and was promoted to Assistant Comptroller (AC) in 2023. He has attended numerous workshops, seminars, and courses locally and internationally, and is a member of numerous professional associations. He participated in number of high-risk raid of criminals behind illicit shipment into Nigeria and secured conviction against many. Notably, the interception of 9.2 tons of pangolin scales in August 2024 in Ogun State, the largest seizure ever achieved in Wildlife Justice Commission supported operation worldwide. Mr Sanusi delivered a paper at the World Border Security Congress (WBSC), which held in Portugal in 2022, Greece in 2021, Morocco in 2019 and Turkey in 2024. AC Sanusi holds a Ph.D. in International Trade and Development and is a certified intelligence analyst and criminal investigator. He currently serves as the Assistant Provost Marshal, In-Charge of Zone ‘A’, Lagos, Nigeria responsible for enforcement of Customs laws.
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The Impact Border Security and Management Can Have on Environmental Sustainability
Industrial waste typically has a negative value – it costs businesses money to treat it in a way that is safe and does not harm the environment. Costs include treatment, technology and labour costs in line with national laws and environmental regulations. There is therefore an incentive for companies wishing to avoid these costs to export the waste to other countries with less strict environmental standards, or to illegally dump and dispose of such waste. Source: https://baselgovernance.org/
Illegal trafficking of wildlife one of the most profitable natural resource crimes. It involves the illegal harvesting, trapping or killing of many endangered species of animals or plants for sale to be used as medicine, food, or sold as pets.
Whether it is the trafficking in endangered wildlife or the illegal international trade in waste materials, much of it dangerous, border agencies are in the front line in helping to protect the environment.