The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu successfully hosted the Collectors’ Conference at Jpark Island Resort and Waterpark Cebu, Lapu-Lapu City last Friday, 06 May 2022. In attendance were Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero and the Bureau’s Deputy Commissioners, Directors, Division Chiefs, and District Collectors.

To foster better coordination and partnership, the Bureau of Customs – Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) on April 2022 conducted a governance sharing activity with the Philippine National Police Intelligence and Foreign Liaison Division- Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-IFLD-DEG).

Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) signed the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Enlistment of Deputized AMLC Financial Investigators (DAFIs) of the BOC, and administered the oath-taking of deputized AMLC officers as BOC Enforcers on May 11, 2022, at the OCOM Conference Room, OCOM Building, Port Area, Manila.

The Bureau of Customs prevailed against the owner of the seized and forfeited barge containing prohibited used oil at the Port of Surigao.

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga, together with its partner agencies, destroyed approximately 3,110 master cases and 1,372 reams of imported smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of Php 110 million last 05 May 2022 in a customs-rented warehouse in Baliwasan, Zamboanga City.

Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Enforcement and Security Service-Environmental Protection and Compliance Division (ESS-EPCD), officially receives five units of multi-refrigerant identifier equipment donated by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), in a turn over ceremony on May 5, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs and Port of Clark was recognized by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region III last May 4, 2022 for its remarkable achievement on the interception of 16 drug shipments equivalent to Php 48,702,443.28 worth of illegal drugs and illicit substances in 2021.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, together with the Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), Enforcement & Security Service (ESS), Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP) & Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), seized 1500 grams of High Grade “Kush” Marijuana with an estimated value of Php 1,950,000.00 and arrested the consignee in a controlled delivery operations in Angeles City.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Customer Assistance and Response Services (CARES) under the Public Information and Assistance Division (PIAD), celebrates the first anniversary of its partnership with Digital Minds Incorporated (DMI), a third party agency that provides Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services to cater to BOC stakeholders in resolving their concerns and complaints.