REPORT ON INVESTIGATED KILLINGS IN RELATION TO THE ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG CAMPAIGN 2. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY 2.1. Scope This report is primarily based on investigation records and reports including: a. CHR investigation records from the Investigation Office and the Regional Offices forwarded for analysis as of February 2022; and b. Master list of cases from the Investigation Office dated 04 February 2022. The master list of cases from the Investigation Office was used to determine the number of case dockets to be used for analysis. Data presented in Parts 3 through 6 of this report are based on the data culled from a sample of the case records. 5 1732 2053 Pending Closed No Info Graph 1. Status of investigations on drug-related cases As of 04 February 2022, the Investigation Office recorded 3,790 drug-related case dockets. Out of these case dockets, 1,732 are still pending investigation while investigations of 2,053 were already closed. The case dockets closed were either concluded or archived. There are also five case dockets with unrecorded statuses. Note that one case docket may include more than one incident or victim. Additionally, a victim or an incident may be mentioned in more than one case docket. As reflected in Figure 1, majority of cases investigated occurred in Region III (722), Region IV-A (717), and the National Capital Region (783). The cases in these three regions represent 59% of the total drug-related investigations initiated by the Commission. 2

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