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Customs Bureau Files Charges VS Suspected Smugglers

April 6, 2011

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) various charges involving violations of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines against the proprietors of two companies found to have brought in assorted products with an estimated value of over P300 million during the last six months alone.

BOC Seizes P7-M Angle Bars At Port of Manila

April 6, 2011

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) scored another hit in its campaign against technical smuggling when it seized and confiscated ten (10) 20-footer container vans of angle bars with total value of P7 million.

BOC Seizes Counterfeit Items

April 6, 2011

It used to be that the influx of counterfeit goods from neighboring sources was unabated. Cheap branded items from designer apparel, toys and light tools and machinery flooded the market until recently when the Bureau of Customs, thru the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service’s Intellectual Property Division flexed its muscles and stood form in its drive to weed out fake goods.

Customs Tightens Rules on Release of Imported Vehicles

April 5, 2011

A new requirement has been added to the layers of regulatory measures being implemented by the Bureau of Customs to prevent the entry of illegally imported motor vehicles into the country.

Customs Files P5 B Smuggling Case VS Phoenix Petroleum

April 5, 2011

The Bureau of Customs filed a P5 billion smuggling case today against Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., one of the leading independent oil industry players in the country which in 2009 was ranked 211th among the countries top 10,000 corporations.

Customs Mulls Changes in Transshipment Rules

April 5, 2011

Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez has ordered the agency’s Legal Service to determine if there is legal basis to require that transshipment cargoes eventually to be entered under consumption entries are processed, assessed and paid for at their port of discharge.

Customs Raids Warehouse of Goods Being Sold at 168 Mall

April 4, 2011

The Bureau of Customs raided today a warehouse in Binondo, Manila suspected of being used as storage of smuggled goods and allegedly being maintained by persons supplying counterfeit goods to stall owners at the 168, 999 and 1159 Malls.

Customs Seizes P20 Million Worth of Misdeclared High-end Bicycles, Branded Sports Shoes and “Ukay-ukay”

April 4, 2011

The Bureau of Customs seized today assorted contraband consisting of top of the line bicycles, branded sports shoes and used clothing with a combined value of P20 million on orders of Custom Commissioner Angelito Alvarez.

BOC’s International Surveyor Exposes Oil Smuggling Modus Operandi

April 3, 2011

The Bureau of Customs filed smuggling charges today against an officer of an oil importing company whose modus operandi was detected based on information provided by one of the agency’s accredited international bulk and break-bulk cargo surveyors.

Lady Importer Engaged in “Smuggling for Free” Charged

April 3, 2011

A lady importer who allowed her company to be used as a front by smugglers for a fee was the subject of a smuggling complaint filed by the Bureau of Customs today before the Department of Justice.

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