{"id":777005779,"date":"2023-05-30T08:21:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005779"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:30:27","slug":"vietnam-rescues-60-from-forced-labour-for-philippine-gambling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-rescues-60-from-forced-labour-for-philippine-gambling-operation","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam rescues 60 from forced labour for Philippine gambling operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The victims were tricked into entering the Philippines illegally and forced to work in online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Vietnam.- Some 60\u00a0Vietnamese citizens have been repatriated<\/strong> after allegedly being tricked into working at an online gambling operation in the Philippines.\u00a0According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the victims were among a group of Asian workers forcibly employed at a casino owned by the\u00a0Clark Sun Valley Hub Corporation<\/strong>\u00a0in the Philippines’ Pampanga Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A rescue mission was carried out by\u00a0the Philippine National Police (PNP)<\/strong>, who conducted a raid on May 4, liberating approximately\u00a01,090 workers from various Asian countries<\/strong>. They are believed to have been lured into the Philippines under false pretences and coerced into working against their will. Their daily tasks involved engaging in online scams to defraud individuals into purchasing cryptocurrencies or depositing funds into fraudulent bank accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>43 people rescued from gaming operation in the Philippines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Sabino<\/strong>, a spokesperson for the PNP’s cybercrime group, told VN Express the victims had initially accepted the job offers due to promises of free travel and accommodation. However, upon their arrival in the Philippines, their passports were confiscated, and\u00a0they were subjected to gruelling shifts lasting up to 18 hours per day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the operation, the PNP arrested 12 people suspected of being the ringleaders of the human trafficking scheme<\/strong>. Among the apprehended suspects were seven Chinese nationals, four Indonesians and one Malaysian. They face charges related to human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past year,\u00a0more than 1,000 Vietnamese victims have been rescued from similar situations in Cambodia. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)<\/strong>, the PNP and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) also rescued\u00a0<\/strong>40 foreign nationals<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>who were working at an illegal offshore gaming company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The victims were tricked into entering the Philippines illegally and forced to work in online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"This report details the repatriation of Vietnamese citizens rescued from an illegal online gambling operation in the Philippines, where they were coerced into engaging in cryptocurrency and bank account scams. The incident, involving the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Clark Sun Valley Hub Corporation, highlights significant human trafficking issues and the challenges in regulatory compliance and enforcement within the iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Clark Sun Valley Hub Corporation, Philippine National Police (PNP), Michelle Sabino, VN Express, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Ministry of Foreign Affairs","focusai_location":"Philippines, Vietnam, Pampanga Province, Cambodia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Review?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and enforcement mechanisms are being reviewed by PAGCOR to prevent the proliferation of such illicit online gambling and human trafficking operations?"},{"label":"Impact on Licensing?","query":"How will this incident impact the B2B and B2C licensing landscape and regulatory compliance requirements for legitimate iGaming operators in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777005779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005779","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=777005779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005787,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005779\/revisions\/777005787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}