Philippine Anti-Graft Court Acquits Garlic Cartel Executives Amid Graft Trials

The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former plant industry executives previously implicated in a major garlic smuggling conspiracy. The ruling coincides with a party-list lawmaker entering a not-guilty plea to separate graft allegations.

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Sandiganbayan acquits ex-Plant industry execs linked to ‘garlic cartel’

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division acquitted two former Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) officials and several entrepreneurs of graft charges in connection with the alleged manipulation of garlic prices. In a decision promulgated on Tuesday, the court said the prosecution failed to prove the accused’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Among those acquitted

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Philippine Anti-Graft Court Acquits Garlic Cartel Executives Amid Graft Trials

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