General Rodolfo Azurin Jr<\/strong> said: “The PNP is taking decisive action to address the root cause of this controversy by continuing to monitor online cockfighting activities. At present, ACG is closely monitoring other online platforms and mobile applications catering this e-sabong game.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nMeanwhile, the PNP is searching for six security personnel from Manila Arena who were allegedly involved in a kidnapping in January last year. The PNP is reportedly negotiating with the family of one of the security guards. A PHP1m reward has been offered for each guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Azurin said: “The offer of a reward aims to hasten the arrest of these wanted persons by encouraging the public to provide information that will lead to their arrest.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 34 people<\/strong>, including a master agent abducted in Laguna, are still missing in suspected kidnapping cases related to e-sabong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philippine National Police continues its work against e-sabong operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10910,"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 National Police (PNP) Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) has intensified its crackdown on illegal e-sabong operations, taking down 236 related online platforms following the government's suspension of legal e-sabong in May. This enforcement action is part of ongoing efforts to monitor and suppress illicit online cockfighting activities, which are also linked to unresolved kidnapping cases.","focusai_entities":"Philippine National Police, PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG), Rodolfo Azurin Jr, Manila Arena","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, Laguna","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact of Illegal E-Sabong?","query":"What is the estimated Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) impact of these illegal e-sabong operations on the regulated Philippine gaming market prior to the crackdown, and how does this compare to the legal e-sabong GGR before its suspension?"},{"label":"Regulatory Influence on Verticals?","query":"How will the PNP's sustained enforcement efforts against illegal e-sabong influence the regulatory landscape and compliance requirements for other online gaming verticals in the Philippines, particularly concerning B2B\/B2C licensing and operational oversight?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24019],"class_list":["post-777002627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-e-sabong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002627","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=777002627"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002645,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002627\/revisions\/777002645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}