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Illegal drug trade is a major concern in the Philippines. Meth ("shabu") and marijuana, are the most common drugs accounting most drug-related arrests.Most of the illegal drug trade involved members of large Chinese triad groups operating in the Philippines, owing to its location on drug smuggling routes.
Private properties are becoming more favorable to drug syndicates as sites of illegal drug production. [6] Methamphetamine remains more feasible to sell in the Philippines than cocaine, a more costly illegal drug. [7] Owing to its geographical location, international drug syndicates use the Philippines as a transit hub for the illegal drug trade.
The Philippines is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on Narcotic Drugs which lists psilocybin as a Schedule I substance. [36] However, the PDEA has conducted arrests of illegal drug peddlers who also sold psilocybin mushrooms alongside explicitly recognized illegal substances in the past. [37] [38]
The law took effect on June 22, 2002, 15 days after it was signed by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.Its primary implementing agency is the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.The list of illegal drugs may be modified by the DDB through a proceeding initiated by the PDEA, the Department of Health, or any petition by a concerned party.
Philippine authorities have launched a crackdown on illegal offshore gambling operators, several run by Chinese firms, as calls to ban these activities mount due to their alleged links to criminal ...
Pages in category "Crime in the Philippines" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed two of its vessels in the South China Sea after monitoring an "alarming" increase in the number of Chinese maritime militia vessels ...