GTO NEWS
PASSING OF ANTHONY STOKES // MELBOURNE ( Australia )
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Mr. Anthony Stokes
Managing Director
STOKES and BELL Pty Ltd
It is with a very heavy heart that GTO HQ must announce the recent passing of Mr. Anthony Stokes in Melbourne, Australia.

Many GTO Members had the pleasure of meeting Anthony during the course of a number of Annual GTO World Conferences since we began over 20 years ago. Anthony was widely known
and highly respected for his extensive knowledge of all aspects of the Australian Customs regulations and procedures. His quiet demeanor often hid a joyful and sly sense of humur and he is going to be missed as we move into the future. He was a dear friend to all of us.

His son, Mr. Lluna Kylin, has now assumed the position of Managing Director of STOKES and BELL Pty Ltd.,
and GTO HQ pledges to assist him and everyone with STOKES and BELL as the company embraces the future.

Condolences may be shared with his son, Lluna, and his wife, Mrs. Barbara Stokes, via the following contact details:

Mr. Lluna Kylin
Managing Director
Email:
lluna@stokesandbell.com.au

Mrs. Barbara Stokes
Quality Assurance Director
Email: barbara@stokesandbell.com.au

GTO HQ EMAIL PROBLEMS
// HOUSTON ( Texas, USA )
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Toward the end of December, 2019, the email system of GTO HQ was
" hacked ".

Some GTO Members and some GTO Agents were informed of the problem as GTO HQ staff and some staff of Labay/Summers ( GTO Houston ) communicated via personal email addresses.

The entire event was most unusual as the hacker(s) managed to generate hundreds of thousands of spam emails originating from some of our
email addresses to fictitious or fake email addresses worldwide. Most of them were GMAIL, HOTMAIL and other free domains. As they were fake or fictitious email addresses, they were returned to our very secure email server. However, the massive non-stop volume of rejected emails completely overwhelmed our server day after day and week after week.

Thanks to a very capable team of IT experts. exhaustive steps were taken to gradually eliminate the problem as well as install appropriate software
and safeguards for the future. Most
unfortunately, the project required a number of weeks due to the manner in which our system was hacked.

The hacker(s) also attempted to create problems with our GTO NEWS broadcast system. To protect the integrity of the system and our email directory, we were forced to suspend newsletters until now.

We are pleased to report ALL ISSUES
have now been resolved and GTO HQ and Labay/Summers International, Inc., are both operating at full speed again. If you sent any message(s) to either party and did not receive a response, please be so kind as to repeat the message(s) if assistance is still needed.

We sincerly apologize for any degree of inconvenience due to this now resolved situation. We are now back and moving forward at full speed.

Thank you for your patience !
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