MANILA, Philippines — The Fight Illicit Trade (Fight IT) Movement is urging the government to go after illicit cigarette traders as it expressed alarm over the rising cases of fake cigarettes being sold nationwide.
“We need intensified intelligence gathering, sustained enforcement through more raids all the way to the successful prosecution in court of people involved in the illicit cigarette business to finally end this practice that has cost the government billions of pesos in revenues,” Jesus Arranza, Fight IT chairman, said in a statement issued on Monday.
Arranza raised the concern after the Court of Tax Appeals granted the preliminary injunction requested by GB Global E…
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