Anti-smugglers bid in limbo after Palace freeze order
10/07/2011The suspension of eight members of the Run After the Smugglers (RATS) group of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) effectively paralyzed the six-year-old program as BoC auditors were left without the key people needed to prove the validity of their charges on 36 of a total 44 alleged smuggling cases, official data indicated.
Only 11 of the cases filed under the RATS program thus far have the needed complainants to prosecute the suspected smuggling of P59.224 billion worth of goods, data from the Department of Finance (DoF) showed.
Last Tuesday, the Palace ordered suspended the RATS team composed of Customs Deputy Comissioner Gregorio Chavez, lawyer Christopher Dy Buco, Edgar Quinones, Francisco Fernandez, Alfredo Adao, Jose Elmer Velarde, Thomas Patrick Relucio and Jim Erick Acosta..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/business/20111007bus1.html
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