The 'Philippine Center on Transnational Crime' (PCTC), which was created by Executive Order No. 62 and Executive Order No. 100, has the power of supervision and control of anti-transnational crime operations of all government agencies and instrumentality. PCTC also houses INTERPOL Manila, and is the national law enforcement agency which carries investigations beyond the borders of the Philippines
. Its priority crime areas include:
- Terrorism;
- Trafficking in Persons;
- Illicit Drug Trafficking;
- Intellectual Property Rights;
- Small Arms and Light Weapons;
- Piracy and Robbery Against Ship;
- Cyber Crime;
- Environmental Crimes;
- Cultural Heritage Protection;
- Money Laundering and;
- Any crime which impacts the stability and security of the Philippines. The PCTC coordinates all transnational crime operations carried out by other government agencies of the Philippines. It designs new projects to strengthen the country’s combined response and ensures the efficient exchange of information. The PCTC recommends ways to better prevent transnational crime and to detect and apprehend criminals operating across borders. A central database of national and international legislation underpins these recommendations. Activities are reinforced through training programs delivered in cooperation with national government agencies, other countries and international organizations. To establish, through the use of modern information and telecommunications technology, a shared central database among government agencies for information on criminals, methodologies, arrests and convictions on the transnational crimes;
2. To supervise and control the conduct of anti-transnational crime operations of all government agencies and instrumentality;
3. To establish a central database on national as well as international legislation and jurisprudence on transnational crime, with the end in view of recommending measures to strengthen responses and provide immediate intervention for the prevention, detection and apprehension of criminals operating in the country;
4. To establish a center for strategic research on the structure and dynamics of transnational crime in all its forms, and predict trends and analyze relationships of given factors for the formulation of individual and collective strategies for the prevention and detection of transnational organized crime and for the apprehension of the criminal elements involved;
5. To design programs and projects aimed at enhancing national capacity-building in combating transnational crime, as well as supporting the related programs and projects of other ASEAN international centers;
6. To explore and coordinate information exchanges and training with other government agencies, foreign countries and international organizations involved in the combat against transnational crime; and
7. To perform such functions and carry out such activities as may be directed by the President.
