Former Marines Capt. Nick Faeldon, the incoming chief of the Bureau of Customs (BoC), has vowed to make a difference where his predecessors previously failed by implementing drastic changes and innovative reforms aimed at stamping out rampant corruption in the bureau, which costs the government some P200 billion a year in revenue losses.

Faeldon on Friday pointed out that one of the biggest problems in the graft-laden bureau is the traditional “padrino” system.

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