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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...

The Office of the President (OP) has referred to the Department of Agriculture a petition by the Federation of Philippine Industries for the government to conduct an investigation over alleged illegal use of imported palm olein that has been robbing the government of billions of pesos in revenues...

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...