Tag page - FIGHT Illicit Trade Movement

Filipinos emerged “unconcerned” whether the product they buy illicit or not for as long as they are in need of such items, according to a new survey. A recent study from an Economist Impact report, “Illicit Trade: Scale, Scope and Flows”, compiled 1,600 individual sentiments, from 16...

At least half of all cigarettes sold in Mindanao were smuggled, depriving the government of much needed revenues to fund basic services, the anti-smuggling advocacy group FIGHT Illicit Trade Movement (FIGHT IT) said. Jesus Arranza, FIGHT IT chairman said cigarette smuggling in Mindanao has...