Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel is pushing to amend the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, in a bid to put more teeth to the legislation and remove factors that may be impeding the prosecution of large-scale agricultural smugglers. | BPinlacINQ
The value, Pimentel noted, may be aligned with the cost of the agricultural commodity in Philippine markets on the day it was attempted to be smuggled.
Judge Pia Bersamin-Embuscado of the Philippine Judges Association later threw weight behind the recommendation of Pimentel. According to the DOJ, only nine of 159 large-scale anti-agricultural smuggling cases were filed in court between 2016 and February 2023.
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