{"id":16009,"date":"2021-03-18T17:07:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16009"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:59:57","slug":"illegal-gambling-syndicate-targeting-vietnam-raided-in-subang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/illegal-gambling-syndicate-targeting-vietnam-raided-in-subang","title":{"rendered":"Illegal gambling syndicate targeting Vietnam raided in Subang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities in Subang have busted an illegal gambling syndicate that was targeting Vietnamese bettors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- Police have conducted a raid against an online gambling syndicate in Subang<\/strong> and arrested seven Vietnamese nationals <\/strong>in connection with the illegal site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Subang Jaya deputy OCPD, Superintendent Amihizam Abdul Shukor, the group had been targeting gamblers in Vietnam<\/strong> for around three months. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police official noted that it was rare for illegal gambling syndicates targeting Vietnam to operate in Subang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: “When we got the intel, we had to confirm that there was gambling involved hence the reason why we had a forensics team with us during the raid. We believe that there are Malaysians involved in the group because they had to have sourced their equipment and help from here. We will liaise with Interpol and their embassy on this matter.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sum of money being handled by the illegal operation is not yet known. The suspects will be remanded today (Thursday March 18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Malaysian authorities carried out two raids on illegal gambling properties<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Three people were arrested for allegedly playing a\u00a0game of “holo”<\/strong>. Other suspects escaped, but police seized\u00a0gambling paraphernalia<\/strong>\u00a0and cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is estimated that Number Forecast Operators (NFOs)<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in Malaysia lose about RM3 billion (US$724 million) a year due to illegal gambling operations<\/strong> in the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities in Subang have busted an illegal gambling syndicate that was targeting Vietnamese bettors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Malaysian authorities in Subang have dismantled an illegal online gambling syndicate primarily targeting Vietnamese bettors, leading to the arrest of seven Vietnamese nationals. This operation highlights the persistent challenge of illicit gaming activities, with an estimated RM3 billion annual loss to legal Number Forecast Operators in Malaysia. Investigations are ongoing, including potential local involvement and international cooperation via Interpol.","focusai_entities":"Superintendent Amihizam Abdul Shukor, Interpol","focusai_location":"Subang, Malaysia, Vietnam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.75), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Interpol Cooperation Scope","query":"What specific intelligence-sharing mechanisms will Interpol and the Vietnamese embassy utilize to identify and dismantle the broader network supporting this illegal syndicate?"},{"label":"Impact on NFOs","query":"How do the estimated RM3 billion annual losses from illegal gambling specifically impact the GGR and NGR of licensed Number Forecast Operators in Malaysia, and what mitigation strategies are being considered?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326,4138],"class_list":["post-16009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16009"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16042,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions\/16042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}