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On April 28th, 2022, another edition of the event 'Global Webinar: Journals on Customs' took place, during which editors of six leading journals shared their insights concerning some of the most … significant topics, events and articles that have taken place in specialist editions over the past year. For me, as a young researcher, such events are of great importance, as they allow me to learn what are the current important issues in the field of global customs control. In the next few lines, I will try to outline what impressed me the most in the presentations of the speakers in the meeting.

A year ago, we published an interview with Prof Dr Borys Kormych, with whom we have the honour of cooperating on the editorial board of the CCRM journal. We then discussed the 'Lex Portus' journal, … which was started in Ukraine after the annexation of Crimea, to address, among other topics, the resulting legal challenges in transport, customs and border formalities. The war started by Russia in Ukraine sheds new light on many of the topics covered in the interview: the annexation of Crimea, the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, work done in Ukraine to join the Convention on Common Transit Procedure, and more. We invite you to read the interview.

The World Customs Journal is the leading international academic journal on customs. How was the idea to start the journal born? What are the challenges and rewards of being an editor of the journal? … Prof. Dr. Hans-Michael Wolffgang kindly agreed to answer these and some more interview questions for the CCRM journal.

Global Trade and Customs Journal (GTCJ) is a journal for practitioners around the world. It started 16 years ago. How was the idea born? What are the main topics covered in the GTCJ? What are … the most challenging and rewarding aspects of being on the editorial board of the Journal? The general editor Jeffrey L. Snyder kindly agreed to answer these and other interview questions.