LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS RELATED TO TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES

Anti Graft and Corruption

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 151
Creating A Presidential Commission To Investigate Administrative Complaints Involving Graft And Corruption

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7080
AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING THE CRIME OF PLUNDER
Bio Piracy
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 247
Prescribing Guidelines and Establishing a Regulatory Framework for the Prospecting of Biological and Genetic
Resources, they're by Product and Derivatives, for Scientific and Commercial Purposes; and for other Purposes

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 247
GUIDELINES AND ESTABLISHING A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROSPECTING OF BIOLOGICAL AND
GENETIC RESOURCES

REPUBLIC ACT 6969
AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES.

Laws Pertaining to
Environmental Concern

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9174
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 192
ORDER PROVIDING FOR REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT,ENERGY AND NATURAL
RESOURCES.
Intellectual Property Rights
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 60
Creating the Inter-Agency Committee on Intellectual Property Rights
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293
AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND PROPERTY OFFICE.

Trafficking in Firearms
BASICS
Basic Firearms Laws, Rules and Regulation
Trafficking in Persons
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 220
Creating an Executive Council to Suppress Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children
Drug Trafficking
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6425
THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 1972
Money Laundering
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9160
AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF MONEY LAUNDERING, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Bank Laws
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1405
AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE OF OR INQUIRY INTO, DEPOSITS WITH ANY BANKING INSTITUTION AND
PROVIDING PENALTY THEREFOR.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6426
AN ACT INSTITUTING A FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSIT SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7653
ARTICLE I. CREATION, RESPONSIBILITIES AND CORPORATE POWERS OF THE BANGKO SENTRAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8791
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF BANKS

Related Executive Orders
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8
Creating a Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission and a Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force to
Investigate and Prosecute Criminal Elements in the Country
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 61
Creating the National Drug Law Enforcement and Prevention Coordinating Center to Orchestrate Effort of National
Government Units, and Non-Government Organization for a more Effective Anti-Drug Campaign
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 62
Creating the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime to Formulate and Implement a Concerted Program of Action of
all Law Enforcement, Intelligence and Control of Transnational Crime.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 100
Strengthening the Operational, Administrative and Information Support System of the Philippine Center on
Transnational Crime
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 101
Providing the Immediate Organization and Operationalization of the Interim Internal Affairs Service (IAS) of the
Philippine National Police
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 295
Amending Executive Order No. 8 Creating a Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, to Investigate and Prosecute
Criminal Elements in the country
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 459
Providing for the Guidelines in the Negotiation of International Agreements and its Ratification

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4200
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AND PENALIZE WIRE TAPPING AND OTHER RELATED VIOLATIONS OF THE PRIVACY.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6235
AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN ACTS INIMICAL TO CIVIL AVIATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6770
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6955
AN ACT TO DECLARE UNLAWFUL THE PRACTICE OF MATCHING FILIPINO WOMEN FOR MARRIAGE TO FOREIGN
NATIONALS.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7042
AN ACT TO PROMOTE FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, PRESCRIBE THE PROCEDURES FOR REGISTERING ENTERPRISES.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7157
AN ACT REVISING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 708, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7658
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN BELOW 15 YEARS OF AGE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659
AN ACT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY ON CERTAIN HEINOUS CRIMES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042
AN ACT TO INSTITUTE THE POLICIES OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8043
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES TO GOVERN INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8197
AN ACT TO FURTHER LIBERALIZE FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, AMENDING FOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8239
Philippine Passport Act of 1996

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8294
AN ACT AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1866

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8484
AN ACT REGULATING THE ISSUANCE AND USE OF ACCESS DEVICES, PROHIBITING FRAUDULENT ACTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8792
THE E-COMMERCE LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8799
THE SECURITIES REGULATION CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9105
AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF ART FORGERY, PROVIDING PENALTIES.

RULES OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE

RULES OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Draft Bills
AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME
ANTI - CYBERCRIME LAW
PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT
National Conference on Transnational
Crimes


Foreword
Proposed National Plan of Action in Combating Computer/Cyber Crimes
Strategic Action Plan to Strenthen Public Awareness and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
National Plan of Action to Combat Money Laundering
National Action Plan on Preventing and Suppressing Acts of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships
National Plan of Action in Combatting Smuggling of Firearms
National Plan of Action in Combatting Terrorism
National Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking of Illegal Drugs
National Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons
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PCTC Papers on Different Areas of Concern
Graft & Corruption
Drug Trafficking
Money Laundering
Terrorism
Trafficking in Firearms
Trafficking in Persons
Transnational Crime Updates
The Worldwide Drug Situation
Technical Issues in Regional and Global Cooperation against Organized Crime
Strategic Intelligence is many things to many people and many organization
Transnational Crime: A Threat to International Peace and Security
Cyber Crimes and Cyber Terrorism
Role of the Philippine in International and Regional Cooperation Effort on Drug Trafficking
Re Engineering the Investigation Framework on International Terrorism
Transnational Crime Update and the National and Regional Responses
Situation Report on Trafficking in Persons in the Philippines
People Smuggling Targeting Workshop
The Philippine Disaster Management System
Organized Crime in the Philippines
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Asia
Kidnapping in the Philippines
International Criminal Police Cooperation INTERPOL (ICPO-INTERPOL)
Modus Operandi
PCTC Mail System

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International Links
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 62
CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME TO
FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT A CONCERTED PROGRAM OF ACTION OF ALL
LAW ENFORCEMENT, INTELLIGENCE AND CONTROL OF TRANSNATIONAL
CRIME
WHEREAS, organized transnational crime, such as illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs
and psychotropic substance, money laundering, terrorism, arms smuggling, trafficking in
persons, and piracy, have created a significant impact on the political, economic and
socio-cultural stability and security of the country;
WHEREAS, the mission, function and responsibilities of government agencies such as
the National Action Committee on Anti-Hijacking and Anti-Terrorism (NACAHT),
Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF), Presidential Anti-Smuggling
Task Force (PASTF), Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), National Police Commission
(NAPOLCOM), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of
Justice (DOJ), Department of Finance (DOF), National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
(NICA), Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), Dangerous Drugs
Board (DDB), Bureau of Costom (BOC), Bureau of Immigration (BI), Economic
Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB), and other concerned offices need to be
linked, coordinated and complemented to affectivity combat transnational crime;
WHEREAS, the growing sophistication of transnational crime demands a concerted,
synchronized and focused effort from all law enforcement, intelligence and other
concerned agencies of the government;
WHEREAS, the establishment of a presidential body is necessary to concretize
cooperation, concerted operations and data resource sharing between and among local
agencies and with foreign countries and international organizations involved in the
crusade against said menace;
WHEREAS, the Administrative Code of 1987 empowers the President with the
continuing authority to reorganize the Office of the President and to transfer functions
from one department or agency to another;
NOW, THEREFORE, I JOSEPH EJERCITO ESRADA, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. ORGANIZATION. The Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC)
is hereby created under the office of the President to formulate and implement a
concerted of action of all law enforcement, intelligence and other government agencies
for the prevention and control of transnational crime. It shall be placed under the
general supervision and control of the National Police Commission.
SECTION 2. COMPOSITION AND LEADERSHIP. The Center shall be headed by the
Executive Director to be appointed by the President and shall have the following
Directorates:
1. Directorate for Operations;
2. Directorates for Plans and Programs;
3. Directorate for Research;
4. Directorate for technology Management;
5. Directorate for Administration and Finance; and
6. Other Directorates that may be created as the situation demands.
SECTION 3. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS. The Center shall have the following powers
and functions;
1. To establish, through the use of modern information and
telecommunications technology, a shared central database among
government agencies for the information on criminals; methodologies,
arrests and convictions on the following transnational crime.
a. illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and sychotropic substances;
b. money laundering;
c. terrorism;
d. arms and smuggling;
e. trafficking in persons;
f. piracy; and
g. other crimes that have an impact on the stability and security of the
country;
2. To supervise and control conduct of- anti transnational crime operation of
all government agencies and instrumentalities;.
3. To establish a central database on national as well on national as well as
international legislation and jurisprudence on transnational crime, with the
end in view of recommending measures to strengthen responses and
provide immediate intervention for the prevention, detection and
apprehension of criminals operating in the country;
4. To established a center for strategic research on the structure and
dynamics of transnational organized crime in all its forms, predict trends
and analyze relationships of given factors for the formulation of individual
and collective strategies for the prevention and detection of transnational
organized crime and for the apprehension of criminal elements involved;
5. To design programmes and projects aimed at enhancing national
capacity- building in combating transnational crime, as well as supporting
the related programmes and projects of other ASEAN and international
centers.
6. To explore and coordinate information exchanges and training with order
government agencies, foreign countries and international organizations
involved in the combat against international crime
7. To select personnel from within the NAPOLCOM, PNP and other
government agencies for details with the PCTC
8. To enlist the assistance of any department, bureau, office, agency or
instrumentality of the government-owned or controlled corporations, to
carry out its functions, including the use of their respective personnel,
facilities and resources; and
9. To perform such function and carry out such activities as may be directed
by the President.
SECTION 4. OFFENSE RECOVERED. The PCTC shall have the authority to take
cognizance of the following transnational crimes:
a. illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and sychotropic substances;
b. money laundering;
c. terrorism;
d. arms smuggling;
e. trafficking in persons;
f. piracy; and
g. other crimes that have an impact on the stability and security of the
country.
SECTION 5. ASSISTANCE FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. The PCTC shall be
assisted by the following government agencies and instrumentalities:
a. Philippine National Police (PNP);
b. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI);
c. National Action Committee on Anti-Hijacking and Anti-Terrorism
(NACAHT);
d. Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF);
e. Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task Force (PASTF);
f. National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM);
g. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG);
h. Department of Justice (DOJ);
i. Department of Finance (DOF);
j. Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC);
k. Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB);
l. National Protection Service (NPS);
m. Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID);
n. Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR);
o. Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB);
p. Bureau of Custom (BOC);
q. National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA);
r. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP);
s. Land Transportation Office (LTO);
t. National Telecommunications Commission (NTC);
u. National Statistics and Census Office (NSCO); and
v. Other government agencies which the PCTC may find necessary to
implement its mandate.
SECTION 6. COMMAND AND CONTROL. The command and control of the PCTC
shall be as follows:
a. The PCTC Executive Director shall report and be responsible to the
President through Secretary of Interior and Local Government;
b. The PCTC Executive Director shall have immediate supervision and
control over all units of the PCTC. He is authorized to designate duties
and functions of all units and personnel of the PCTC;
c. The PCTC Executive Director shall have direct operational and
supervisory authority over personnel and resources detailed with the
PCTC from government agencies concerned.
SECTION 7. OPERATING GUIDELINES. The PCTC shall adopt, in coordination with
other concerned agencies, such operating guidelines as may be necessary to
implement this Executive Order, subject to the approval of the President. It shall submit
to the President reports of its activities with appropriate recommendations for the
information and consideration of the President.
SECTION 8. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. The intent of this issuance is to put
strong and intensified focus against organized transnational crime which will be
addressed by the PCTC in the course of the government's anti- crime campaign, while
the Philippine National Police (PNP) shall continue to be the primary general law
enforcement agency of the country pursuant to Republic Act NO. 6975, as amended.
Accordingly, close coordination and cooperation shall be undertaken by the Executive
Director of PCTC, the Chief, PNP and the heads of other concerned government
agencies, to insure synergy in the overall anti-transnational crime campaign. Vertical
and lateral coordination among operating units, consistent with the security need to
prevent compromise in police operations, is hereby enjoined.
SECTION 9. FUNDING. Subject to government accounting and auditing procedures,
the PCTC shall be provided with an initial allocation of ONE HUNDRED MILLION
PESOS (100,000,000.00) for CY 1999, to be drawn from the President's Contingency
Fund and from government savings. Appropriations for the succeeding years shall be
incorporated in the budget proposal of the Office of the President.
SECTION 10. EFFECTIVITY. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the city of Manila, this 15th day of January in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen
Hundred and Ninety-Nine.


JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:


RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary

Transnational Organized Crime
Transnational organized crime involves the planning and execution of illicit business
ventures by groups or networks of individuals working in more than one country.
[1,2] These criminal groups use systematic violence and corruption to achieve their
goals. [3] Crimes commonly include money laundering; human smuggling; cyber
crime; and trafficking of humans, drugs, weapons, endangered species, body parts,
or nuclear material.
Transnational crime ring activities weaken economies and financial systems and
undermine democracy. [4] These networks often prey on governments that are not
powerful enough to oppose them, prospering on illegal activities, such as drug
trafficking, that bring them immense profits. In carrying out illegal activities, they
upset the peace and stability of nations worldwide, often using bribery, violence, or
terror to achieve their goals.
The political turmoil of the 21st century and advances in technology make
transnational crime a concern for the United States. Increased travel and trade and
advances in telecommunications and computer technology have had the unintended
effect of providing avenues for the rapid expansion of transnational organized crime
activities. Policing objectives in the United States must extend beyond national
borders to seek out and target this type of crime. Only through international
collaboration and information exchange can the United States develop effective
protocol and policies for countering these crimes and mount a serious opposition. [5]
Transnational criminal rings are becoming more and more powerful and universal,
and their mobility is growing. The means and resources of any state are not enough
to seriously harm them.
Yuriy A. Voronin, Professor of Criminal Law, Urals State Law Academy,
Ekaterinburg, Russia [6]
Next section: Effectively Combating Transnational
Organized Crime.
Notes
[1] Reuter, P., and C. Petrie, eds. Transnational Organized Crime: Summary of a
Workshop
Exit Notice. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1995.
[2] Albanese, J.S. Organized Crime in Our Times Exit Notice. Cincinnati OH: LexisNexis
Anderson Publishing, 2004.
[3] Finckenauer, J., and Y. Voronin. The Threat of Russian Organized Crime.
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2001, NCJ
187085.
[4, 5, 6] Voronin, Y. Measures to Control Transnational Organized Crime.
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2000, NCJ
184773.
Date Created: November 15, 2007