MANILA, Philippines — The inaction of antimoney-laundering authorities allowed Chinese and Filipino couriers to hand-carry more than $447 million in cash through Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) from September 2019 to February, Sen. Richard Gordon said on Tuesday. Chinese couriers, tooGordon said 45 other individuals, most of them Chinese citizens, made multiple trips to Hong Kong, carrying as much as $5 million. Impunity“(These Chinese money launderers) have been doing this with such impunity they stick their tongues out as they go all the way to the bank,” he lamented. Panelo said Dominguez was leading the investigation of alleged money laundering by two syndicates. He added that money laundering through Naia may have been taking place even before September last year.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 03, 2020 20:26 UTC