{"id":27438,"date":"2022-02-21T10:33:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27438"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:09:40","slug":"cambodia-17-arrested-for-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-17-arrested-for-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: 17 arrested for illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Phnom Penh carried out a raid on two sites in Sangkat Phsar Thmey I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- Police in Phnom Penh have raided two sites at Sangkat Phsar Thmey I and made 17 arrests in relation to alleged online gambling. Police received reports from residents about illegal gambling establishments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-police-dismantle-online-gambling-operation\" target=\"_blank\">a similar raid was carried out<\/a>\u00a0in Phsar Prom Cheung Village, in Stung Kach Commune, Sala Krao District, Pailin. Officers confiscated five monitors, 10 CPUs and other materials that were allegedly smuggled into the country and used in the operation of\u00a0<strong>illegal online gambling businesses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-blocks-15-illegal-lottery-websites\" target=\"_blank\">The Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia<\/a>\u00a0has ordered the blocking of\u00a0<strong>15 internet sites<\/strong>\u00a0for offering illegal lotteries. Most of the websites that offered illegal gambling were operating from Vietnam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Phnom Penh carried out a raid on two sites in Sangkat Phsar Thmey I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16980,"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 Phnom Penh conducted raids on two sites, arresting 17 individuals for alleged illegal online gambling operations. This follows a similar enforcement action in Pailin and coincides with the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia blocking 15 illegal lottery websites, many originating from Vietnam. These actions underscore ongoing efforts to combat illicit iGaming activities and uphold regulatory compliance within the region.","focusai_entities":"Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia","focusai_location":"Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Pailin, Vietnam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regional Compliance Impact","query":"What are the broader implications for cross-border regulatory compliance and enforcement frameworks given the reported origin of illegal operations in Vietnam?"},{"label":"GGR Leakage Assessment","query":"How do these ongoing illicit online gambling operations impact the potential GGR for licensed B2C operators in Cambodia and the broader Southeast Asian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911,4138],"class_list":["post-27438","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\/27438","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=27438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27452,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27438\/revisions\/27452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}