Latest in Ariel NepomucenoThe Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed 84 cases for customs fraud under a crackdown that targets high-value misdeclarations, including the infamous example of a Bugatti luxury vehicle declared as a pick-up truck to pay lower import duties, Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said Saturday. Nepomuceno…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is on track to hit its historic ₱1 trillion collection target this year, with January to July collections already running ₱11.4 billion above the revised target and July alone posting a 12.5% growth rate compared to the same month last year, Customs Commissioner Ariel…
When Ariel Nepomuceno took over the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in July last year, he knew what he was walking into. The bureau had long carried a reputation for corruption so entrenched that even the mention of reform invited skepticism. His response was immediate—and deliberate. “‘Yung mga ayaw…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is working to deliver tens of thousands of balikbayan boxes sent by overseas Filipino workers that were left stranded at Philippine ports after several cargo companies abandoned the shipments without paying the required duties, taxes, and port charges. In an interview…
How high do you have to be to think you can smuggle ₱22 million worth of marijuana through an international airport without getting caught? More than 15,000 grams of kush, with a street value of ₱22 million, was intercepted at the Arrivals Area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)…
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