The lucrative graft trade
in the Philippine military

Part 2 of our report on military corruption reveals how, from many years ago, official reports and documents have offered clear and solid paper-trail proof of graft in the AFP. Unfortunately, these have failed to put in check both the incompetence and the greed of the crooks.

It comes with a Sidebar on the dozens of former military officers who had jumped ship to politics and civil service, yet have also hardly made a dent in helping reform the Armed Forces. Instead, the politicization of the military has rendered the AFP unable to do its job.