Lacson: Customs ‘payoff’
can erase PH budget deficit in 2 years

CORRUPTION at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is so extensive that “payoff” collections at the bureau could “wipe out” the budget deficit of the country in just two years, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday.

Lacson, who admitted obtaining information directly from customs brokers, said that the so-called “three o’clock habit” at the BOC has continued even under the leadership of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon.