Under its Customs and Immigrations program, the CICTE Secretariat began organizing in 2006 a series of training courses in the Caribbean for the nine host countries of the Cricket World Cup, in support of those countries’ security needs. Most recently, the government of Antigua and Barbuda hosted a customs and immigration security training program in St. Johns, from December 3-7, 2007. Twenty-six (26) customs, immigration and other port and airport security officials were trained by experts from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

The final course in the series will be conducted in Barbados February 18-22, 2008, following an assessment of current procedures and training needs to be completed January 29-31. All nine countries have now participated in this specialized training.