{"id":24571,"date":"2021-11-16T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24571"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:49:07","slug":"cambodia-authorities-blocked-79-illegal-online-gambling-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-authorities-blocked-79-illegal-online-gambling-websites","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: authorities blocked 79 illegal online gambling websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Cambodia have blocked more illegal online gambling websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.-\u00a0<strong>The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia<\/strong>\u00a0has reported it has blocked 79 websites for offering illegal online gambling services. The regulator stated it will continue working with the General Commissariat of National Police of the Ministry of the Interior to\u00a0<strong>tackle illegal gambling sites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, a joint report from the US Department of State, US Department of the Treasury and US Department of Commerce expressed\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/money-laundering-risk-has-increased-in-cambodian-casinos-the-u-s-says\">concerns about the risk of money laundering<\/a>\u00a0and other financial crimes in Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the advisory note, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reported that between 2014 and 2019, Cambodia\u2019s casino licences increased by 263 per cent, although the government\u2019s 2020 online gambling ban limited this growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia is still \u201cgraylisted\u201d by the FATF, although the body has said that Cambodian authorities have recognised problems related to new casinos and other commercial enterprises in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodians-forced-to-work-at-illegal-casino-in-sihanoukville\">Sihanoukville<\/a>, where most of the casinos are located.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Cambodia have blocked more illegal online gambling websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodian authorities, led by the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia, have blocked 79 illegal online gambling websites, signaling continued enforcement against unlicensed operations. This action follows international concerns from US departments regarding money laundering risks and Cambodia's persistent 'graylist' status with the FATF, despite a 2020 online gambling ban and recognition of issues in key gaming hubs like Sihanoukville.","focusai_entities":"Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia, General Commissariat of National Police of the Ministry of the Interior, US Department of State, US Department of the Treasury, US Department of Commerce, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, FATF","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Sihanoukville","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"FATF Graylist Impact","query":"What specific measures is Cambodia implementing to address the FATF's concerns regarding money laundering and to exit the graylist, particularly concerning casino operations in Sihanoukville?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How effective are these website blocking initiatives in curbing the overall volume of illegal online gambling operations in Cambodia, and what are the long-term strategies for sustained enforcement?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911,4138],"class_list":["post-24571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24571","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24587,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24571\/revisions\/24587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}