Customs boosts monitoring, intel vs entry of 'dirty money' into PH

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) is instituting new measures to strengthen its monitoring and intelligence capability on the reported entry into the country of "dirty money" that runs to billions of pesos.

Customs Assistant Commissioner Philip Vincent Maronilla disclosed on Tuesday that the bureau was also closely coordinating with the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA), the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and other intelligence and law enforcement agencies of the government.