(File photo) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday reported the seizure of PHP8.37 billion worth of smuggled goods for the first half of 2022. In a statement, the BOC said the goods were confiscated in 293 operations, with counterfeit items topping the list with a total value of PHP5.23 billion. This is followed by illegal drugs at PHP1.67 billion and general merchandise at PHP388.80 million. Around 58 Letters of Authority (LOA) were implemented in the same period, 44 of which yielded positive results. A total of 78 alert orders were issued, 57 of which were positive for violation of pertinent customs laws, rules, and regulations. Meanwhile, as part of its anti-corruption and integrity campaign under the leadership of Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, the BOC has issued 67 additional show cause orders from January to June 2022. This has led to the dismissal, suspension, relief, and reshuffling of errant Customs employees. During the first six months of the year, the Customs
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday said it seized some P265.5 million worth of tobacco products and other cigarette-making paraphernalia and arrested four Chinese nationals in a joint buy-bust operation along Tanza-Trece Martires Road, Cavite.
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Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has denied wrongdoing, and Malacañang has urged senators to initiate the filing of appropriate charges against 22 persons led by the BOC chief who have been implicated in widespread smuggling of agricultural products.
(File photo) MANILA - Officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday denied their supposed involvement in agricultural smuggling in the country. "I vehemently deny the accusations against me on my alleged involvement in agricultural smuggling based on a supposed 'validated' list. Law enforcement agencies such as the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) denied the release or submission of any Intelligence Report from their respective agencies allegedly implicating any BOC official in any smuggling activity," Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said in a statement. The BOC chief's remarks came after he and several other officials of the bureau were named as alleged protectors and smugglers of agricultural products in a report of the Senate Committee of the Whole on Monday. Guerrero said the numerous accomplishments of BOC in its campaign against agricultural smuggli