Many industries get away with rampant smuggling

Without diverting into a discussion of the smuggling of billions of pesos worth of illegal drugs through the Customs bureau, we want to draw attention today to the smuggling carried out in various industries, which is also costing the government billions in lost revenues.

It is deplorable that despite the passage of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act and the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, the country continues to suffer miserably from the ill effects of illicit trade and smuggling.