{"id":27079,"date":"2022-02-08T10:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27079"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:30:31","slug":"the-philippines-56-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-56-arrested-over-illegal-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines: 56 arrested over illegal cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Manila have arrested 56 people for involvement in illegal cockfights. Among those arrested were two barangay captains and a councilman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- 56 people, including\u00a0<strong>two barangay (district) captains and a councilman<\/strong>, have been arrested on suspicion of engaging in tupada or illegal cockfighting in Pandacan, Manila. Agents from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) carried out a raid at an establishment on Beata Street at about 9.45am on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CIDG National Capital Region field office chief <strong>Colonel Randy Glenn Silvio<\/strong> said one of the captains was the alleged operator and maintainer of the illegal gambling den while the other two officials were bettors. Silvio told Phil Star CIDG agents travelled to the area after receiving reports that a group of people was holding an illegal cockfight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three barangay officers and other suspects tried to flee but were caught by police. Police said <strong>they recovered 15 fighting cocks<\/strong>, various gambling paraphernalia and cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, police also&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-11-arrested-for-illegal-cockfight-betting\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested 11 people for alleged involvement in illegal cockfighting betting<\/a>&nbsp;in Bantayan Island, northern Cebu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, the superintendent of police (SP) Siddharth Kaushal reported that police&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-dismantled-52-illegal-cockfight-betting-rings\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismantled 52 arenas readied for cockfights<\/a>&nbsp;in various parts of the district. Police also seized 126 roosters, 1,306 rooster knives, 96 two-wheelers, two auto-rickshaws, three cars, 22 mobile phones, an electric motor and other equipment used to prepare the arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Manila have arrested 56 people for involvement in illegal cockfights. Among those arrested were two barangay captains and a councilman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Police in Manila, Philippines, have arrested 56 individuals, including two barangay captains and a councilman, for involvement in illegal cockfighting operations. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) conducted raids in Pandacan, Manila, and Bantayan Island, Cebu, recovering gambling paraphernalia and cash. This enforcement action highlights ongoing efforts to combat illicit gambling activities and address corruption within local governance.","focusai_entities":"Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, CIDG, Randy Glenn Silvio, Phil Star","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, Pandacan, Cebu, Bantayan Island","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.88), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.8), gambler_consumer (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market?","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage from the regulated iGaming and casino verticals due to persistent illegal gambling operations like 'tupada' in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Strategy?","query":"How do Philippine regulatory bodies plan to enhance inter-agency cooperation and intelligence sharing to more effectively dismantle illegal gambling networks, particularly those with local government complicity?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,405],"class_list":["post-27079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079","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=27079"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27082,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079\/revisions\/27082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}