First of two parts

Three reasons: smuggling, jueteng, and bad leadership. But first, let’s look at the crime numbers. Not the hugely discounted data from the Philippine National Police as reported by the National Statistics Office (NSO). Rather, the real, unadulterated figures made public only in June by no less than PNP Chief Alan Purisima.

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