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Although the RICO laws may cover drug trafficking crimes in addition to other more traditional RICO predicate acts such as extortion, blackmail, and racketeering, large-scale and organized drug networks are now commonly prosecuted under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute, also known as the "Kingpin Statute". The CCE laws target only ...
The Stonehill scandal, named after American expatriate businessman Harry Stonehill, [1] was a 1962 bribery scandal in the Philippines which implicated high level government officials, including President Diosdado Macapagal, [2] future President Ferdinand Marcos, [2] [3] former President Carlos P. Garcia, [3] and numerous other top Philippine officials, who were accused of accepting bribes to ...
Judicial precedents of the Philippine Supreme Court were accepted as binding, a practice more attuned to common law jurisdictions. Eventually, the Philippine legal system emerged in such a way that while the practice of codification remained popular, the courts were not barred from invoking principles developed under the common law, [1] or from ...
An Act creating three (3) additional Shari'a Judicial Districts and twelve (12) Shari'a Circuit Courts therein, and appropriating funds therefor, amending for the purpose Articles 138, 147, and 150 of Presidential Decree No. 1083, otherwise known as the "Code of Muslim Personal Laws in the Philippines [84]", as amended, and the relevant ...
The filing this week claims that Shein is in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO, a law originally crafted to prosecute organized crime.
Strengthening Peoples' Nationalism through Philippine History Act 2010-05-13: 10087: Changing the Name of a Bureau: National Library of the Philippines: 2010-05-13: 10088: Anti-Camcording Act of 2010 2010-05-13: 10089: Philippine Rubber Research Institute Act of 2010 2010-05-14: 10090: Establishing a Municipal Hospital: Aguinaldo Municipal ...
The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (R.A. 10175) was signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III on September 12, 2012, becoming effective on October 3. [6] Among the actions criminalized by this law is "cyberlibel". [6] Six days after the law commenced, the Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order to stop its implementation.
First enacted in 1930, it remains in effect today, despite several amendments thereto. It does not comprise a comprehensive compendium of all Philippine penal laws. The Revised Penal Code itself was enacted as Act No. 3815, and some Philippine criminal laws have been enacted outside of the Revised Penal Code as separate Republic Acts.