Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) records presented Tuesday before the Senate impeachment court isolated about PHP424.18 million in reported transactions involving Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, from 2022 to 2025.
The figure emerged after senator-judge Joel Villanueva asked AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura to separate transactions recorded beginning in 2022, when Duterte assumed office as Vice President, from earlier entries in the agency’s submissions.
“Meron po bang (Are there) separate report from 2022 onwards, when the time na si (that) VP Sara assumed office?” Villanueva asked.
“Yes, Your Honor. That is Table 3 po of the report, yung (the) tabular summary,” Buenaventura replied.
Villanueva then asked for the aggregate inflows, outflows and undetermined transactions covered by that period.
“Based on our tabular summary, Your Honor, it is PHP424,179,536.10,” Buenaventura said.
The same table contained 171 covered transaction reports (CTRs) and 49 suspicious transaction reports (STRs) involving Duterte and Carpio from 2022 to 2025.
Villanueva sought the period-specific breakdown to distinguish transactions recorded during Duterte’s vice presidential term from those predating her assumption of office.
Buenaventura confirmed that the PHP424.18-million figure represented the combined reported transactions appearing in the AMLC tabulation for the four-year period.
The testimony gives the impeachment court a narrower timeframe as senator-judges examine financial records relevant to the period Duterte has served as Vice President. (PNA)