Agencies told: Maximize AFASA enforcement on POGO assets

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AUTHORITIES were prodded on Thursday to fast-track implementation of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) enacted in 2024 in order to transform multibillion assets seized from crime into resources badly needed for government services.

Mark Villar, chair of the Senate Banks committee, as he presided at a hearing on a Senate bill institutionalizing the reforms laid down in the aftermath of the January 1 total closure of POGO in the country.

Villar raised the possibility of an inside job within government agencies as these travel agencies appeared to have “connections” from the issuing government agencies.“Along with PAOCC, I believe this is the ‘missing link’ in our investigation against POGOs.