By Betheena Kae Unite Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña revealed that corruption remains at the Customs bureau with its employees from the lower level continuing the practice of "tara" or grease money. Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN) Lapeña today disclosed that according to Customs data, they have been collecting only P120,000 to P180,000 per container van due to apparent continuous practice of the "tara system." He admitted that after being able to address it, there are still some employees who carry on with their illegal activities "once they've seen an opportunity to make money for the in collusion with some players." "If that is the collection, there is undervaluation somewhere dahil hindi dapat ganyan lang ang ating nakokolekta (because our collection should not be like that). That is the reason why we are having this kind of collection," Lapeña lamented before all Customs employees yesterday at the bureau's flag-raising ceremony. "If it is again reduced, it is because of you - 'yung mga nangta-tara pa, it is not on the higher level, it is on the lower level. It is happening there," he added. Further, the collusion between outside players and employees inside the bureau "have again started to take place," according to Lapeña. He cited the recent unauthorized release of alerted 105 containers containing tiles that were later discovered in Bulacan. "Marami pa lang nakalusot sa 'tin na hindi natin alam (A lot more have passed through without us knowing). And these are the things that we are going to address. In other words, there is a failure in intelligence," the customs chief said. With this, Lapeña called out the intelligence unit of the bureau "to do better than what is being done now."