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May 14, 2025
The initial report was alarming enough: Nine foreign nationals and two Filipinos had been apprehended at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport over the weekend for carrying an unexplained P441.92 million, $168,730, and 1,000 Hong Kong dollars in cold cash. The timing of the transport plus the involvement of six Chinese nationals, a Malaysian, Indonesian, and Kazakh immediately suggested, however, that the crime extends well beyond mere possession of a suspiciously large amount of cash in local
