{"id":777001327,"date":"2023-01-05T13:45:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T16:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001327"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:44:57","slug":"philippines-156-illegal-offshore-gaming-workers-deported-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-156-illegal-offshore-gaming-workers-deported-in-2022","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: 156 illegal offshore gaming workers deported in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deportations were connected with operations against illegal online gaming operators in Pasig City and Angeles City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- It&#8217;s been reported that 156 people who worked for <strong>offshore gaming operators<\/strong> were deported last year. The deportations were connected with operations against illegal online gaming operators in Pasig City and Angeles City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Bureau of Immigration (BI)<\/strong> said the deportations occurred after the <strong>Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)<\/strong> cancelled permits for 176 POGOs for failure to comply with tax laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BI commissioner Norman Tansingco reported on January 3 that as of December 31, the BI has deported 156 out of 368 foreign nationals. The latest deportees include seven Vietnamese citizens on December 16, followed by 27 people on December 21 and 23 on December 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice secretary<strong> Jesus Crispin Remulla<\/strong> said: \u201cThe Bureau of Immigration (BI) is in the process of securing all necessary documents and clearances for the deportation of the remaining 212 foreign nationals who lack travel documents and confirmed airline tickets to their respective countries of origin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-casino-exclusion-requests-up-62-in-2022\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-casino-exclusion-requests-up-62-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippines: casino exclusion requests up 62% in 2022<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deportations were connected with operations against illegal online gaming operators in Pasig City and Angeles City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":26652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippine government has deported 156 foreign nationals associated with illegal offshore gaming operators (POGOs) following the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation's (PAGCOR) revocation of 176 POGO permits due to tax non-compliance. This action, spearheaded by the Bureau of Immigration, underscores the nation's intensified regulatory enforcement against illicit iGaming operations, with an additional 212 foreign nationals awaiting deportation.","focusai_entities":"Bureau of Immigration (BI), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Norman Tansingco, Jesus Crispin Remulla","focusai_location":"The Philippines, Pasig City, Angeles City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the projected long-term economic and reputational impacts for the Philippines' legitimate iGaming sector following the sustained crackdown on illegal POGOs and the mass deportations?"},{"label":"Future Enforcement Strategy","query":"How will PAGCOR and the Bureau of Immigration enhance inter-agency intelligence sharing and operational frameworks to prevent the resurgence of illegal offshore gaming operations and ensure robust tax compliance moving forward?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777001327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001327","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001327"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001357,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001327\/revisions\/777001357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}