{"id":33971,"date":"2022-09-30T07:51:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33971"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:23:57","slug":"cambodia-police-detect-2000-illegal-gambling-operations-in-phnom-penh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-police-detect-2000-illegal-gambling-operations-in-phnom-penh","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: police detect 2,000 illegal gambling operations in Phnom Penh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police have made 152 arrests in Phnom Penh and Kandal province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- Phnom Penh police have identified 2,000 illegal gambling businesses and made 152 arrests following an order to launch a crackdown. According to Khmer Timeskh, prime minister <strong>Hun Sen<\/strong> said that 700 gambling establishments in Kandal province and 1,000 in Phnom Penh had been identified by the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that if unlicenced lottery companies continued to operate, they would be shut down. He ordered authorities to identify the operators and arrest them so they could be prosecuted. The prime minister said the operations were intended to reduce human trafficking and strengthen security and social order in villages and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ros Phearun<\/strong>, secretary general of the Cambodian Gambling Management Committee of the Ministry of Economy and Finance,&nbsp;has <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-government-urges-tougher-provincial-action-against-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">urged authorities to shut down illegal gambling<\/a>&nbsp;in cafes and shops. He said such operations were not licensed by the Cambodian Gambling Regulatory Committee ( CEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that&nbsp;<strong>only 60 casinos have gaming licences&nbsp;<\/strong>but that 140 operate in the country, a figure that reflects the growth of illegal gambling. Phearun added that the regulator is identifying different types of illegal games to make it easier for relevant ministries and local authorities to crack down on such businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have made 152 arrests in Phnom Penh and Kandal province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19864,"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 have launched a significant crackdown on illegal gambling, resulting in 152 arrests and the identification of 2,000 unlicensed operations across Phnom Penh and Kandal province. Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the enforcement action, citing concerns over human trafficking and social order. The Cambodian Gambling Management Committee highlights a substantial disparity between 60 licensed and 140 operating casinos, underscoring the scale of the illicit market.","focusai_entities":"Hun Sen, Ros Phearun, Cambodian Gambling Management Committee of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodian Gambling Regulatory Committee (CEC)","focusai_location":"Phnom Penh, Kandal province, Cambodia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Impact Metrics","query":"What specific metrics will the Cambodian Gambling Management Committee use to assess the long-term effectiveness of this crackdown on reducing the prevalence of illegal gambling and its associated social harms?"},{"label":"Future Licensing Policy","query":"How will the significant disparity between licensed and operating casinos, as highlighted by Ros Phearun, influence future B2B\/B2C licensing policy and the governance frameworks for legitimate operators in Cambodia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-33971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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\/33971","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=33971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34003,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33971\/revisions\/34003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}