NBI, Customs operatives seize P5-B fake AFTA forms used by smuggling syndicates 03/26/2011

NBI, Customs operatives seize P5-B fake AFTA forms used by smuggling syndicates

03/26/2011
Organized smuggling syndicates operating at the Bureau of Customs (BoC) are using fake Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) forms to avail themselves of the exemption from payment of tariff duties as agreed upon by Asean member countries.

This surfaced after joint elements of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service and the National Bureau of Investigation seized Thursday 7 kilograms, or 600 sets of AFTA form-E, in a warehouse in Caloocan City owned by Chinese-Filipino businessman George Tan a.k.a. Chen Li Qun..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110326met5.html