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“Former president Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed that the sources of his bank deposits are none of business of former senator Antonio Trillanes IV.”
Rodrigo Duterte Claim dated 25 Nov 2024.
Vera Files rated thisFalse

What Vera Files found

The Anti-Money Laundering Act, or Republic Act No. 9160, penalizes financial transactions of at least P4 million of suspicious origin or associated with unlawful activities such as smuggling, robbery, plunder, extortion, among others.

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In short

Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 25 November 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 30 November 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.

Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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