Strict border control measures against illicit cash smuggling have been a major driver in the Philippines’ removal from the global money-laundering watchlist, according to the Bureau of Customs (BOC). According to the BOC, the agency’s “aggressive enforcement efforts were instrumental in...
Two Bureau of Customs (BOC) operations in the Bicol region led to the seizure of unmarked fuel and a tank truck worth over ₱3.2 million, allegedly involved in illegal sales. According to the BOC, the crackdown recovered nearly 31,000 liters of fuel and a fuel truck under the government’s Fuel...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's Office) House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has hailed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for taking stern action on the alleged resale of seized smuggled...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio has warned the alleged resellers of the ₱270-million worth of smuggled cigarettes confiscated recently in Capas, Tarlac. Rubio also assured that “‘heads will roll’ if reports are confirmed that some of the agency’s personnel were...
2GO Special Containers and Value-Added Services Inc. (SCVASI), a subsidiary of transportation and logistics firm 2GO Group Inc., has launched a standalone custom brokerage service aimed at enhancing logistics efficiency and reliability. In a statement on Monday, Feb. 24, 2GO SCVASI described the...
Both the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have raked in increased revenues in January this year, surpassing their collections during the same month last year. At a command conference on Wednesday, Feb. 19, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph G. Recto...
After a string of imported car seizures, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is urging owners or claimants to settle the correct duties and taxes through voluntary payment, offering an alternative to a warrant of seizure and detention (WSD). Worth a total of ₱2.8 billion, the high-end luxury cars...
Forty-four units of allegedly smuggled high-end luxury cars, amounting to about ₱900 million, were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Taguig City. The seizure of 44 units, including Ferrari, Maserati, and Rolls Royce, marks the third raid conducted by the Customs...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Rep. Lee's Facebook page) AGRI Party-list Rep. Manoy Wilbert Lee hailed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for intercepting P750,000 worth of smuggled agarwood, which led him to renew his personal call for a sustainable agarwood...
Another group of allegedly smuggled high-end luxury cars was seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday, Feb. 14., a day after the seizure of ₱1.4 billion worth of smuggled vehicles. Through its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service at the Manila International Container Port...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), the government's second largest tax agency, has failed to achieve its 2024 revenue target of ₱939.6 billion, only collecting ₱931.05 billion last year. While its 2024 revenues exceeded the ₱883.21 billion in 2023, the country's second-biggest tax-collection agency...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has called for a tougher campaign against agricultural smuggling on the back of the Bureau of Customs' (BOC) confiscation of P85.1 billion worth of contraband last year. “Maganda ang ginagawa ng Customs sa paglaban sa smuggling, pero hindi tayo dapat huminto....
