The name of the Police operation was \u201cStopem gambling\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Solomon Islands.- Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF)<\/strong> and members of Solomon\u2019s International Assistance Force (SIAF)<\/strong> have arrested 34 suspects during the operation\u00a0\u201cStopem gambling.\u201d Among the 34 suspects, 10 were females.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suspects who have been arrested for gambling known as pass were arrested from Rove Market, White river and Lord Howe Settlement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City Superintendent Chris Laekalia<\/strong> said about the operation: \u201cGambling known as play pass has become a great concern for community leaders as it has become popular within Honiara. Locations used for gambling are also becoming places for antisocial behaviours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe 34 suspects were arrested and charged with Gaming in a Public Place contrary to section 4 (1) of the Gaming and Lotteries Act, Cap 139,\u201d Laekalia added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He also said the suspects were bailed to appear before the Honiara Central Magistrates\u2019 Court on 13 February 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to appeal to all community leaders and the Crime Prevention Committees (CPC)<\/strong> to assist police in reporting any crowd gathering concerning the gambling activity as operation \u2018Stopem gambling\u2019 continues,\u201d concluded Laekalia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The name of the Police operation was \u201cStopem gambling\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":26852,"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 Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and Solomon\u2019s International Assistance Force (SIAF) conducted \"Operation Stopem gambling,\" arresting 34 individuals for illegal gambling in public places in Honiara. The arrests, made under the Gaming and Lotteries Act, Cap 139, highlight community concerns over the proliferation of unregulated gambling and associated antisocial behaviors.","focusai_entities":"Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), Solomon\u2019s International Assistance Force (SIAF), Chris Laekalia","focusai_location":"Solomon Islands, Honiara, Rove Market, White river, Lord Howe Settlement","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Impact","query":"How might the Solomon Islands' current Gaming and Lotteries Act, Cap 139, be modernized to address both illegal gambling and potential future regulated iGaming market opportunities?"},{"label":"Market Entry Implications","query":"What are the implications of this enforcement action for licensed B2B suppliers or B2C operators considering market entry or partnership opportunities within the broader Pacific region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777001417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001417","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=777001417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001428,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001417\/revisions\/777001428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}