{"id":777002145,"date":"2023-02-07T12:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002145"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:53:30","slug":"macau-dicj-staffer-arrested-for-allegedly-running-online-prostitution-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-dicj-staffer-arrested-for-allegedly-running-online-prostitution-forum","title":{"rendered":"Macau DICJ staffer arrested for allegedly running online prostitution forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to police, the platform operated in Macau for more than a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- A staff member from <strong>Macau&#8217;s gaming regulator<\/strong>&nbsp;has been arrested for allegedly&nbsp;running an <strong>online forum that promoted sex workers<\/strong>. Police believe the business was in operation for over a decade and generated US$1.5m in profits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Judiciary Police (PJ) has arrested two suspects in connection to the case, which began last year with the arrest of 19 people and the identification of <strong>54 sex workers<\/strong>.&nbsp;The accused DICJ staff member is 58 years old and&nbsp;has worked for the Macau government for more than 30 years. The other person arrested is a 38-year-old restaurant manager.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s claimed that the two suspects managed an <strong>online discussion forum<\/strong>&nbsp;that aimed to attract clients. Although prostitution is not illegal in Macau, promoting or organising it is. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/dicj-names-paulo-jorge-moreira-castelo-basaloco-as-head-of-gaming-inspection\" target=\"_blank\">The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau<\/a>&nbsp;(DICJ) said it had launched an internal disciplinary procedure and applied preventive suspension to the employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to police, the platform operated in Macau for more than a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A staff member of Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has been arrested for allegedly operating an illicit online forum promoting sex workers for over a decade, generating US$1.5 million in profits. The DICJ has initiated internal disciplinary procedures and preventive suspension, highlighting significant governance and integrity concerns within the regulatory body.","focusai_entities":"Judiciary Police (PJ), Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"DICJ Internal Review Scope?","query":"What specific governance framework deficiencies or internal control failures within the DICJ allowed a staff member to operate an illicit enterprise for over a decade, and what systemic reforms are being implemented to prevent recurrence?"},{"label":"Regulatory Impact on Operators?","query":"How might this breach of regulatory integrity by a DICJ staff member influence the stringency of future B2B\/B2C licensing requirements or compliance audits for existing iGaming and land-based operators in Macau?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911,23906],"class_list":["post-777002145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002145","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=777002145"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002176,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002145\/revisions\/777002176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}