The new Bureau of Customs (BoC) chief said he will intensify the agency’s efforts against smuggling, particularly of drugs, guns, and agricultural products, as well as improve revenue collection. READ:
ffiIn a speech at the turnover ceremony at the BoC head office, Mr. Ruiz said his top priorities are “zero tolerance for drug smugglers,” curbing gun smuggling, and eliminating the smuggling of agricultural products.scated P8.37 billion worth of smuggled items across 293 joint seizure operations, which included the seizure of P1.67 billion worth of illegal drugs.Mr. Ruiz said he will also focus on increasing much-needed revenues for the government.
“One of the policies we’ll be adopting is, we will be giving them their target revenue for the month and if they could not hit their target revenue then expect to be replaced by someone who can hit the target revenue,” Mr. Ruiz said.orts to fully digitalize Customs processes, as well as raise employee morale and eliminate corruption.
Earlier this month, the BoC said that it already conducted 333 internal investigations of personnel suspected of corruption or irregular activity in the first half of the year. Some of the personnel were dismissed, suspended, or reassigned to other posts.
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