Business Alliance for Secure Commerce

The Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC) is an international business alliance, created to promote secure international trade in cooperation with governments and international organizations.

The current director of BASC is Fermín Cuza.

History

BASC, which initially stood for Business Anti Smuggling Coalition, was created by Mr. Fermin Cuza in 1996, as a voluntary cooperation program between the private sector and the United States Customs Administration, in order to avoid using legal trade for smuggling and drug trafficking. That same year a company based in Cartagena was the first one in South America to adopt the BASC program and was chosen by the US Customs to develop the BASC pilot plan. Thanks to the results, the drive of local entrepreneurs who believed in this initiative, the support for governments and customs authorities in the region, and of course, our employee’s commitment, the program had a progressive expansion in Latin America.

Given this growth and with the purpose of having an international entity to ensure the global functioning and credibility of the program, the World BASC Organization -WBO-was created in 2002 in the state of Department: Division of Corporations -USA-, as a nonprofit organization, with the mission to facilitate and speed up international trade, by establishing global security standards and procedures to the logistic trade chain with the support of custom entities and government authorities.

Given this growth and with the purpose of having an international entity to ensure the global functioning and credibility of the program, the World BASC Organization -WBO-was created in 2002 in the state of Delaware -USA-, as a nonprofit organization, with the mission to facilitate and speed up international trade, by establishing global security standards and procedures to the logistic trade chain with the support of custom entities and government authorities.

Standards & Requirements

BASC standards meet the requirements of other recognized initiatives; among them are the World Customs Organization and the C-TPAT, a US Custom program considered today as the largest authorized economic operator (AEO) in the world. Therefore we have been invited to participate as observers at the C-TPAT validations of the United States Customs.

Background Information Positive Aspects

The world BASC is a recognized Industry Partnership Program with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and is recognized by several international Customs Organizations.

The program is working in the following countries:

Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Panama
Argentina
Chile

Any company can become BASC Certified Company. (I don't know if this is a good thing).

Background Information Negative Aspects

After all the World BASC Organization, Inc. from its beginnings has a questionable method of working. Crating a US base corporation for credibility (Hey not my words check it out Mgmt Report), but with no actual offices in the US, neither licensing nor commercial insurance crates more questions about its international infrastructure.

It’s a known fact that if you have a World BASC Certificate you are not guaranteed, participation in the C-TPAT program, why is that.

The companies interested in being admitted into BASC must decide in which chapter they will request their affiliation. In order to apply in a chosen city, the company must have its main or a branch office or any type of operating process that may be assessed by the chapter in the city where the application is submitted. In case there is no BASC Chapter in the country, the company shall request the certification through the WBO.

Note: I could not find any companies certified through the WBO in the US, England or Europe. Why would that be huu.

Requirements:

1. Be a company or a person actively involved in logistics, production or service activities related to foreign trade or services. Note: If you see there listings of clients you could find several companies that would never qualify for C-TPAT. 2. Each company must be legally established and have commercial activities in the country, as well as overseas, that will permit the validation of the integrity of the firm and their partners and directors. Also, the company should not have any criminal record or considered to have by any national or foreign authorities a suspicious person and/or dubious legal or criminal reputation. Now tell me this does not match what I have been telling you. 3. Comply with the registration process approved by each chapter according to the procedure set by the WBO.

Interesting Questions & Facts

What is there US address?
What Licensing does the organization Hold in the US or any ware in the world?
What about the Insurance requirements most security companies or Security Schools are required to have?
Why are they invited to participate in the validation process when the procurement process for third party validators was completed?
Did you know that World BASC organization is not listed as a government provider?
How many clients or business providers do they have in the US?
Delaware State did not list any Tax Payment or filings since 2002 why?
Why would anyone get certified in a country where BASC is nonexistent? I mean what kind of support would they get? & Should they pay the same thing keeping in mind that the auditing process is never done.

In the United States most states requires any company that will be engaged in the business of security consulting, risk management etc. to have a license and bond or insurance which is what BASC does in essence.

The certificates that the World BASC Organization, Inc. and all its chapters issue to each customer, is authorized by who in each country.

Yes it true that the organization hold a respectable place in the Latin-American international trade market but its banking on a US based organization that apart from been incorporated in 2002 in the state of Delaware hold nothing in the US. No State licensing, insurance requirements, business alliances or affiliations, business providers or clients, employees, nothing that could be found from public or private records. Why sell an image on something that simply does not exist.

Did you know that according to there web site the cost is free you only pay for the Auditing and the training $6.5 million pesos or equivalent (approximately $3,250.00 US Dollars). Hey I wonder how much of that is used in the US and why does it not show in Tax payments.

Did you know that in their internal charter it states that in order to do business with them you must be certified BASC, now keep in mind that if your friendly neighborhood restaurant delivers daily to them they must pay World BASC Organization chapter X $6.5 Million pesos. What kind of racquet is that?

Competitors

United States Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has posted to its website an announcement regarding the final selection of third-party “validators” for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (“CTPAT”)third-party validation pilot program.

The pilot program for use of third-party validators in China is in response to Section 218 of the SAFE Port Act, which required CBP to develop a one-year voluntary pilot program to test and assess the feasibility, costs and benefits of using third-party entities to conduct foreign validations. CBP’s inability to access Chinese manufacturers to perform the foreign C-TPAT validation presented a significant problem for CBP. As a result, many members of C-TPAT whose primary source for imported product was in China remained at Tier 1 status in the program, receiving the lowest level of benefits.

This pilot program represents the first time that CBP will allow validations to be performed by commercial entities versus a Customs administration. The following companies have been selected by CBP to perform validations on CBP-selected C-TPAT importers that buy more than 75 percent of their imports from China:

CBP will notify eligible C-TPAT participants in writing of the opportunity to participate in the pilot. Those opting to participate will be required to select one of the approved third-party validators within 30 days to initiate the process. The participant will be responsible for all associated costs and charges, and the CTPAT participant and third-party validator will be required to sign a confl ict of interest form.

Despite the use of third-party validators in China during the pilot program, it should be noted that it is solely within CBP’s discretion to validate a C-TPAT member. Upon completion of the validation, CBP will retain all decisions over the status of the C-TPAT participant.

Notice that all companies listed here on are American based risk management firms with all the required licensing that the law demands. The World BASC Organization, Inc. is not listed .

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