Seized goods hit P13B in first 10 months—BOC

From January to October this year the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated some P12.92 billion worth of smuggled goods, most of which were…

BOC discovers P500M worth of fake apparel in warehouse raid

Agents of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently raided several warehouses in Marilao, Bulacan, and seized counterfeit products valued at P500 million. BOC…

P17M worth of fake goods seized at Manila port

A shipment of smuggled counterfeit products with an estimated value of P17 million has been seized by agents of the Philippine Bureau of Customs…

Depot raid by BOC yields used clothing, counterfeit goods

Agents of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently raided a central supply depot of used clothing or ‘ukay-ukay’ and counterfeit imported goods along…

BOC, BIR crack down on illicit tobacco trade with seizure of P1B fake cigarettes

Separate teams from the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have seized fake cigarettes worth over P1 billion…

BOC to destroy P9.3B fake merchandise under IPR campaign

In the next three months, some P9.3 billion worth of counterfeit goods will be destroyed as part of the Philippine government’s drive to enforce…

Davao raid nets largest catch of smuggled smokes

The Bureau of Customs-Enforcement Group (BOC-EG) seized early this month P12.675 million worth of fake imported cigarettes, the agency’s biggest haul of such products…