Gov’t to go after tax evaders, smugglers

[tackielarla]

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well, its about freakin time...

[wanderlust]

BOC readies 43 new cases vs smugglers

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said yesterday it would file 43 new criminal cases against suspected smugglers found violating the Tariff and Customs Code.

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200606276302.htm

About time. The government loses a lot of money on smuggling, funds that could go to building more classrooms, roads and bridges, propelling economic growth. This is in line with the efforts of the government to increase revenues to fund vital infrastructure.

[grabehbebe]

The BOC has also created a new task force to push its anti-amuggling campaign. They said that it will monitor illegal activities at ports outside Metro manila. They will also closely monitor the operations of brokers, importers and customs personnel in suspected of involvement in ttechnical smuggling such as misdeclaration and misclassification of goods.

Siguro naman sa dami ng ng mga task force, plans to clearly eradicate this smiggling in our country e matitigil na din yang masamang bisyo ng iba nating kababayan...

source
: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?...02_july05_2006

[Jpacs29]

astang paeta... by the way ask lang ko if ever makolekta nang mga tax asa man na mo deretso... cgurado ba ta na masulod na sa kaban sa gobyerno? or basin sa bulsa ra na sa uban mo diretso?

[grabehbebe]

The BOC has created a legal office versus the smugglers. This will pursue the cases filed against suspected smugglers and is now in the process of creating positions and hiring required personnel to man the new office.

They also said that the new legal team is part of the bureau's rationalization plan pursuant to the Attrition Law and the government’s commitment to the anti-corruption drive being promoted in the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold Country Plan.

This would really make a big change in stopping that smuggling crimes being done by different personalities in our countries. Sa wakas malalaman na rin natin kung sino sino talaga ang may pasimuno ng mga smuggling dito sa atin.

[baron]

^^ It seems the Bureau of Customs continue to push anti-graft and corruption programs. Such effort only proves that the BOC wanted to shun away with the previous image of being one of the most corrupt government agency in the country.

Indeed, we should punish officials who have been found guilty of graft and corrupt practices since it is the government funds which they are spending. Maybe they could push for stricter punishment such as confiscation of property and longer detention as well.

[Streetcar]

I certainly hope they can enforce it. The problem is there are already corrupt insider officials who abuse their power and authority and involve themselves in hidden unethical practices in exchange for gratuities.

[grabehbebe]

BOC said that since they had a re-organization of their agency, they already had 35 operations conducted, and with that 21 were the cases for the Manila International
Container Port and Port of Manila, where about P32-million worth of assorted hardware, kitchenware, computer parts and other goods were seized.

And now they also seized at least P76-million worth of highly dutiable goods were intercepted in the continuing drive against smuggling, the Bureau of Customs stated.

Continues effort of these operatives could make ours a smuggled free country.

[irangejuice]

The Government is going after the tax evaders, smugglers, etc.?

[sarcasm]OMG. Really?!! That's great news.[/sarcasm]

Didn't know a governing body could commit suicide. I wonder who's pulling the trigger.

[grabehbebe]

Smuggling watch intensified

Bureau of Customs agents confiscated P28.6 million worth of assorted smuggled goods which included luxury vehicles, used clothing and frozen pork meat, in separate operations at the Port of Manila.

Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales said the seizures were made by teams of the Enforcement and Security Service under director Nestorio Gualberto and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service headed by Jairus Paguntalan.

Morales and Celso Templo, deputy commissioner and Intelligence and Enforcement Group chief, inspected yesterday the 13 container vans held at the pier.

“Among the shipments was frozen pork, consigned to Shandong Jimei Imports and estimated to have a commercial value of P4 million. The shipment was misdeclared as frozen mackerel,” said Morales.

Customs police chief Jose Yuchongco said the container van of frozen pork arrived last Aug. 21 and was apprehended for misdeclaration of goods and fraud, a violation of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines.

Yuchongco said three of the containers inspected yielded 2,580 bags of monosodium glutamate from Taiwan worth P3 million. The consignee, Centerphil Best Foods Industry Corp., failed to present import clearance from the Bureau of Food and Drugs, and declared the cargo simply as food ingredients.

Three different shipments of films and PVC sheets worth P4 million and consigned to Pantacea Productions Co. Ltd. were discovered as well as containers with used motorcycles, appliances and spare parts, and a container of ceramic tiles valued at P1 million each shipment consigned to Transmodal Intal Inc. and MIL Cosas Trading, EFX International Trading Corp., respectively.

A container had P0.8 million worth of used clothing consigned to Askme Foundation Philippines.

Three other shipments worth P5 million were 60 units of Automatic Mahjong Machines from China consigned to Aquaxotic Enterprises, 1,610 units of used computer monitors from Hong Kong consigned to I-Gen Multi-trading Inc. and an abandoned shipment of assorted appliance and electronics.

A unit of Corvette car worth more than P1 million and several personal computer units were also seized by the Customs.

--http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=police2_dec7_2006