With over P85 billion added to government coffers through its anti-smuggling drive last year, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is set to launch an even more relentless campaign against illicit traders in 2025. “We are intensifying our crackdown on illicit trade to protect local industries, ensure food...
Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson "Jay" Khonghun (PPAB) House Assistant Majority Leader and Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson "Jay" Khonghun has expressed support for President Marcos’ directive to strengthen efforts against the smuggling of...
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar renewed her call against agricultural smuggling to protect the country's local hog producers, pushing for Congress to finish the bicameral conference on the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Bill. Villar made the statement as she recently attended the National Federation of...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized around P400 million worth of rice and other imported products in another anti-smuggling operations on three warehouses in Tondo, Manila. BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio said the confiscated items include 36,086 sacks of rice imported from Vietnam, Thailand, and...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep.Lee's office, Speaker's office) The Palace-ordered price cap on rice--the Filipino staple food--could end up backfiring on consumers. Thus, said AGRI...
Around P160 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized during a joint operation of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Navy off the waters of Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday, Aug. 23. BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio said the operation stemmed from the report they received about a...
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 Director...
Around P24.28 billion worth of illegal drugs, agricultural products and other items were confiscated during the year-long anti-smuggling operations in 2022, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) disclosed on Wednesday, Jan. 18. In its consolidated report for 2022, the BOC said the confiscated items include...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P20 million worth of carrots and onions at Port of Subic in its continuing crackdown against smuggled agricultural products. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the intercepted agricultural products arrived in the country on Dec. 1 and were...
The anti-smuggling unit of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) raided a warehouse in Malabon that resulted in the seizure of approximately P4.72-million worth of smuggled agricultural products. Seized during the warehouse raid in Catmon, Malabon were imported vegetables like broccoli, carrots and red...
