The Bureau of Customs has recognized the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service for its intensified campaign against smuggling, which led to the confiscation of smuggled contraband worth billions of pesos.
(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has recognized its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) for the "strategic execution" of the agency's anti-smuggling operations that led to multiple successful apprehensions. The agency recognized the services of its collection districts and offices during its 121st founding anniversary at Manila South Harbor on Tuesday. CIIS Director Jeoffrey Tacio received the plaque of recognition from Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz, recognizing the "technical proficiency" of the CIIS in helping the agency fulfill its mandate of border protection. The office was recognized for its successful operations, at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) alone, it has seized an estimated PHP21.7 billion worth of alerted shipments, implemented Letters of Authority (LOA), and joint buy-bust operations in 2022. Of this amount, PHP4.02 billion came from alerted shipments, PHP9.19 billion came from
It was a hard work sweetly paid off for the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) after it was awarded for its multi-billion peso worth of successful anti-smuggling operations during the 121st Founding Anniversary of the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
In accepting the award, CIIS Direct
Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted on Tuesday, Feb. 7, a crude oil tanker loaded with a huge volume of fuel believed to have skipped necessary documentation for duties and taxes of the government.
BOC Commissioner Yogi Fi
(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted on Tuesday unmarked fuel found to have a deficient fuel marker level indicating the lack of the necessary duties and taxes. In a statement, the bureau said the operation was conducted in the early hours of the day after its field office in the Port of Batangas received derogatory information from the agency's Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) about the possible presence of unmarked fuel in the crude oil tanker VOI MT Harmony Star. Assisted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Substation Mabini, BOC operatives were able to locate the subject vessel in the vicinity of Barangay Mainaga in Mabini town, where they found two parked trucks loading fuel into a vessel that was more or less 30 meters away from the shoreline. It added that an initial test was done on one of the trucks and resulted in a .02 percentage fuel marker, an inert chemical added to fuel after the payment of duties and taxes. Th