Title
Establishment of Philippine Center on Transnational Crime
Law
Executive Order No. 62
Decision Date
Jan 15, 1999
The Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC) is established to prevent and control transnational crimes in the Philippines, with a focus on drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorism, arms smuggling, trafficking in persons, and piracy, through strategic research, coordination with government agencies, and the establishment of a central database.
transnational crime
drug trafficking
money laundering

Policy intent: coordinated anti-transnational action

  • The order establishes the need for a concerted, synchronized and focused effort to combat transnational crime under its whereas clauses.
  • The order declares that a presidential body is necessary to concretize cooperation, concerted operations and data resource sharing with local agencies and with foreign countries and international organizations under its whereas clauses.
  • The order directs strong and intensified focus against organized transnational crime to be addressed by the PCTC within the government’s anti-crime campaign under Section 8.
  • The order enjoins close coordination and cooperation to ensure synergy in the overall anti-transnational crime campaign under Section 8.
  • The order enjoins vertical and lateral coordination among operating units, consistent with security needs to prevent compromise in police operations under Section 8.

Organization, leadership, and directorates

  • The PCTC is created under the Office of the President and placed under the general supervision and control of the National Police Commission under Section 1.
  • The PCTC is headed by an Executive Director to be appointed by the President under Section 2.
  • The PCTC has the following directorates under Section 2:
    • Directorate for Operations;
    • Directorate for Plans and Programs;
    • Directorate for Research;
    • Directorate for Technology Management;
    • Directorate for Administration and Finance; and
    • Other Directorates that may be created as the situation demands.
  • The Executive Director reports and is responsible to the President through the Secretary of Interior and Local Government under Section 6(a).
  • The Executive Director has authority over PCTC units and personnel, including designation of duties and functions, under Section 6(b).

Coverage: offenses the PCTC takes cognizance

  • The PCTC is authorized to take cognizance of the following transnational crimes under Section 4:
    • illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;
    • money laundering;
    • terrorism;
    • arms smuggling;
    • trafficking in persons;
    • piracy; and
    • other crimes that have an impact on the stability and security of the country.
  • The same categories define the transnational-crime focus for building information systems under Section 3(1)(a-g).
  • The PCTC’s authority is framed around offenses affecting the stability and security of the country under Sections 3(1)(g) and 4(g).
  • The PCTC’s mandate includes both specific listed transnational crimes and other impactful crimes under Section 4.

Powers and functions: databases, operations, and research

  • The PCTC may establish a shared central database among government agencies using modern information and telecommunications technology for information on criminals, methodologies, arrests, and convictions for illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; money laundering; terrorism; arms smuggling; trafficking in persons; piracy; and other crimes affecting stability and security under Section 3(1).
  • The PCTC may supervise and control the conduct of anti-transnational crime operations of all government agencies and instrumentalities under Section 3(2).
  • The PCTC may establish a central database on national as well as international legislation and jurisprudence on transnational crime to recommend measures that strengthen responses and provide immediate intervention for prevention, detection, and apprehension under Section 3(3).
  • The PCTC may establish a center for strategic research on the structure and dynamics of transnational organized crime to predict trends, analyze relationships of factors, formulate strategies for prevention and detection, and for apprehension under Section 3(4).
  • The PCTC may design programs and projects to enhance national capacity-building in combating transnational crime and to support related programs of ASEAN and international centers under Section 3(5).
  • The PCTC may explore and coordinate information exchanges and training with other government agencies, foreign countries, and international organizations under Section 3(6).
  • The PCTC may select personnel from within NAPOLCOM, PNP, and other government agencies for detail with the PCTC under Section 3(7).
  • The PCTC may enlist assistance of any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, using their personnel, facilities, and resources, to carry out its functions under Section 3(8).
  • The PCTC may perform functions and carry out activities directed by the President under Section 3(9).

Assistance, command control, and operating rules

  • The PCTC is assisted by the following government agencies and instrumentalities under Section 5:
    • PNP; NBI; NACAHT; PAOCTF; PASTF; NAPOLCOM; DILG; DOJ; DOF; DOTC; DDB; NPS; Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID); Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR); EIIB; BOC; NICA; AFP; LTO; NTC; NSCO; and other government agencies the PCTC finds necessary.
  • The PCTC Executive Director reports to and is responsible to the President through the Secretary of Interior and Local Government under Section 6(a).
  • The PCTC Executive Director has immediate supervision and control over all PCTC units, including authority to designate duties and functions of units and personnel under Section 6(b).
  • The Executive Director has direct operational and supervisory authority over personnel and resources detailed to the PCTC from concerned agencies under Section 6(c).
  • The PCTC must adopt operating guidelines in coordination with other concerned agencies, subject to approval of the President, to implement the Executive Order under Section 7.
  • The PCTC must submit reports of its activities to the President with appropriate recommendations for the information and consideration of the President under Section 7.
  • PNP is the primary general law enforcement agency of the country pursuant to Republic Act No. 6975, as amended, and PNP continues in that role under Section 8.
  • Close coordination among the PCTC Executive Director, the Chief, PNP, and heads of other concerned agencies is required to ensure synergy under Section 8.

Funding and effectivity

  • The PCTC receives an initial annual allocation of ONE HUNDRED MILLION PESOS (P100,000,000.00) for CY 1999 under Section 9.
  • The P100,000,000.00 for CY 1999 is drawn from the President’s Contingency Fund and from government savings under Section 9.
  • The PCTC’s funding is subject to government accounting and auditing procedures under Section 9.
  • Appropriations for succeeding years are incorporated in the budget proposal of the Office of the President under Section 9.
  • The Executive Order takes effect immediately under Section 10.

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