{"id":777006080,"date":"2023-06-08T09:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T12:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006080"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:10:09","slug":"interpol-warns-of-human-trafficking-cases-linked-to-gaming-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/interpol-warns-of-human-trafficking-cases-linked-to-gaming-industry","title":{"rendered":"Interpol warns of human trafficking cases linked to gaming industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Interpol has warned of a global trafficking crisis involving forced involvement in online gambling, crypto scams and investment fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- Interpol, the global policing organisation, has issued a warning about<strong> an escalating global trafficking crisis<\/strong>, highlighting cases in countries such as Cambodia, Singapore, Myanmar and the Philippines. It said the initial victims were primarily Chinese-speakers from China, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore but that there were now victims involved in South America, East Africa and Western Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said victims are typically coerced into participating in illicit activities such as online gambling, cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interpol secretary general<strong> J\u00fcrgen Stock<\/strong> said: \u201cJust about anyone in the world could fall victim to either the human trafficking or the online scams carried out through these criminal hubs. Much stronger international police cooperation is needed to stop this crime trend from spreading further.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines has been a major focus of attention after authorities found more than 1,000 alleged human trafficking victims at a&nbsp;<strong>Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation<\/strong>&nbsp;(PAGCOR)-licenced site. PAGCOR has since <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-cancels-sun-valley-clark-hub-accreditation\" target=\"_blank\">shut down the site and the entire Sun Valley Clark hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-cuts-power-to-myanmar-casino-towns\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand cuts power to Myanmar casino towns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interpol has warned of a global trafficking crisis involving forced involvement in online gambling, crypto scams and investment fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Interpol has issued a global warning regarding an escalating human trafficking crisis, coercing victims into illicit online gambling, crypto scams, and investment fraud, with cases identified across Southeast Asia and beyond. This alert underscores significant regulatory and reputational risks for the iGaming sector, particularly following the closure of a PAGCOR-licensed site in the Philippines implicated in such activities. The situation necessitates enhanced international police cooperation and stricter governance frameworks within regulated markets.","focusai_entities":"Interpol, J\u00fcrgen Stock, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Sun Valley Clark","focusai_location":"Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, China, Malaysia, Thailand, South America, East Africa, Western Europe","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR's Immediate Actions?","query":"What immediate and concrete actions are PAGCOR and other regional iGaming regulators implementing to prevent similar illicit operations from exploiting licensed frameworks and to restore market confidence?"},{"label":"B2B Due Diligence Impact?","query":"How will this Interpol warning impact the due diligence requirements and contractual obligations for B2B suppliers and payment providers operating with iGaming licensees in Southeast Asia and other high-risk jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-777006080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006080","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=777006080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006119,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006080\/revisions\/777006119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}