Philippines’ gaming regulator has contributed \u20ac88,000 to new state of the art facility aimed at clamping down on illegal online gambling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Philippines.- PAGCOR has donated PHP5 million (\u20ac88,000) to the Department of Justice as part of a financial grant to establish and run the DOJ Office of Cybercrime\u2019s Cyber Fusion Operations Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This comes after PAGCOR, the Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Immigration and DOJ\u2019s Office of Cybercrime signed a Mutual Cooperation Agreement in March 2019 to handle intelligence gathering, investigations and prosecutions of illegal online gaming activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to PAGCOR, the financial support will be used to procure IT equipment for the Operations Center, which will serve as the complaint and monitoring center of the inter-agency council against illegal online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe OpCen will operate on a multi-level functions serving as communications facility and hands-on ready training facility,\u201d the Office of Cybercrime\u2019s Officer-in-Charge, Atty. Charito Zamora, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt will definitely help the council in reinforcing its fight against the rampant proliferation of illegal online gambling. We thank PAGCOR for their all-out support for the creation of the OpCen. It will help all the members of the task force to prevent and suppress cybercrime in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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