MANILA, March 17 -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Monday announced its crackdown against the illegal selling of Compulsory Third Party Liability (CPTL) insurance required for vehicle registration.

In a news release, LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II said CPTL sold by groups and businesses that are not accredited by the Insurance Commission is illegal.

"[Illegal CPTL agents] should stop. Otherwise, we will conduct operations and launch legal offensive against them," Mendoza said.

"Bukod sa warning, we will also be deploying mystery customers para mahuli yung mga hindi authorized na magbenta ng insurance at kung sino man ang kakutsaba nila sa LTO (Aside from issuing a warning, we will be deploying mystery customer...