{"id":26567,"date":"2022-01-25T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26567"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:57:42","slug":"cambodia-36-arrested-for-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-36-arrested-for-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: 36 arrested for illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">36 Vietnamese citizens were arrested and deported after police found they were involved in illegal online gambling activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cambodia.- Police in Kampot province have&nbsp;<strong>arrested and deported 36 Vietnamese<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>citizens <\/strong>accused of involvement in illegal gambling activities. Officers raided a rental house in Kraing Ampil commune, which they said had been used as a base to offer online gambling since January 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police are said to have <strong>deported those arrested<\/strong>&nbsp;by truck to Vietnam via the Prek Chak International Border Checkpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last November,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-authorities-blocked-79-illegal-online-gambling-websites\">authorities blocked 79 websites<\/a>&nbsp;for offering illegal online gambling services.&nbsp;The regulator stated it will continue working with the General Commissariat of National Police of the Ministry of the Interior to&nbsp;<strong>tackle illegal gambling sites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodians-forced-to-work-at-illegal-casino-in-sihanoukville\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sihanoukville<\/a>, where most of the casinos are located.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>36 Vietnamese citizens were arrested and deported after police found they were involved in illegal online gambling activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 in Kampot province have arrested and deported 36 Vietnamese nationals involved in illegal online gambling operations, following a raid on a rental property. This enforcement action underscores Cambodia's ongoing efforts to combat illicit gaming activities, particularly as the nation remains on the FATF graylist due to concerns over financial crime, including those related to its casino sector.","focusai_entities":"General Commissariat of National Police of the Ministry of the Interior, FATF","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Vietnam, Kampot, Sihanoukville","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"FATF Graylist Strategy?","query":"What specific measures are Cambodian authorities implementing to transition off the FATF graylist, beyond these enforcement actions against illegal online gambling?"},{"label":"Impact on Licensed Operators?","query":"How do these ongoing crackdowns on illegal online gambling impact the operational viability and regulatory burden for licensed B2C operators within Cambodia's regulated gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-26567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26567","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=26567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26599,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26567\/revisions\/26599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}