Police in Taiwan carried made the arrests at an alleged illegal gambling venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Taiwan.- A Thai woman and 20 alleged Thai gamblers have been arrested in Taiwan<\/strong>. According to local media reports, police in Shilin District, Taipei City were informed that a 63-year-old Thai woman was operating hi-lo games in a rented two-story house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Thaiger, the woman had four CCTV cameras installed around the house to monitor what was going on outside, which allowed her to tell clients when it was safe to enter or leave. Those arrested are reported to be aged from 30 to 60 years. Most of them had been living in Taiwan for a some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police seized TWD590,000 (US$18,431) in cash, gambling tools and a bill counter. Those arrested have been charged with illegal gambling and violating social order laws<\/strong>. Two alleged players have also been passed to immigration authorities for prosecution. Anyone convicted of gambling offences in Taiwan faces a fine of around TWD50,000 (US$1562).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Police in Taiwan carried made the arrests at an alleged illegal gambling venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Taiwanese authorities in Taipei City have dismantled an illicit hi-lo gambling operation, arresting a Thai national alleged to be the operator and 20 Thai gamblers. The enforcement action resulted in the seizure of TWD590,000 in cash and gambling paraphernalia, underscoring the persistent challenges in combating unregulated gaming activities. Those apprehended face charges for illegal gambling and social order violations, with some referred to immigration authorities.","focusai_entities":"The Thaiger","focusai_location":"Taiwan, Taipei City, Shilin District","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Taiwan Regulatory Efficacy","query":"What are the broader implications of such localized enforcement actions for the efficacy of Taiwan's current regulatory framework in deterring and prosecuting illegal gambling operations?"},{"label":"Black Market Leakage","query":"How do persistent black-market operations, even at this scale, contribute to GGR leakage and impact the potential for future regulated gaming market development in jurisdictions like Taiwan?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-34525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34525","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=34525"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34529,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34525\/revisions\/34529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}