{"id":777010536,"date":"2023-10-24T07:32:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T10:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010536"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:52:24","slug":"cambodia-seeks-indonesian-help-to-combat-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-seeks-indonesian-help-to-combat-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia seeks Indonesian help to combat illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cambodia is seeking expertise and information to help identify illegal gambling sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- The National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) has requested expertise and information from Indonesian authorities to help <strong>identify illegal online gambling websites<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Chou Bun Eng<\/strong>, a secretary of State in the Ministry of Interior and vice-chairwoman of the NCCT, said Cambodia is determined not to serve as a shelter for unlawful online operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Asia Gaming Brief, Eng said the Cambodian government is addressing the issue and is open to collaboration to enhance joint efforts in combating criminal activities. The Indonesian minister of communication and information,\u00a0<strong>Budi Arie Setiadi<\/strong>, says that the country has identified online gambling servers in Cambodia and the Philippines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia has imposed blocks on gambling websites and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-blocks-1700-bank-accounts-linked-to-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">monitors bank accounts associated with gambling<\/a>. The government is working with mobile operators to monitor phone numbers used for gambling promotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cambodia is seeking expertise and information to help identify illegal gambling sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":13232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodia's National Committee for Counter Trafficking is actively seeking Indonesian expertise to identify and combat illegal online gambling operations, signaling a determined effort to prevent the country from serving as a hub for illicit activities. This collaboration follows Indonesia's identification of online gambling servers within Cambodia and the Philippines, prompting both nations to intensify measures against unlawful gambling, including website blocks and financial monitoring.","focusai_entities":"National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), Chou Bun Eng, Ministry of Interior, Asia Gaming Brief, Budi Arie Setiadi","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regional Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the projected impacts of this enhanced Cambodian-Indonesian collaboration on the regional iGaming ecosystem, particularly concerning the migration or suppression of illicit operators?"},{"label":"Governance Frameworks","query":"How will Cambodia's existing governance frameworks for iGaming be strengthened or adapted to integrate the expertise gained from Indonesian authorities in identifying and prosecuting illegal online gambling activities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,158,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777010536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010536","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=777010536"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041091,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010536\/revisions\/777041091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}