Authorities claim the operator was engaged in human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- Police in Pasay City have carried out a raid against two unlicensed gaming operators.<\/strong> The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) reported that authorities from various agencies took part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of people were found working at the operation, including two Chinese workers claiming to have been held against their will and subjected to demanding work conditions. They reportedly showed visible signs of physical mistreatment.\u00a0CNN Philippines reported that seven trafficked Filipino women were found in an aquarium-style chamber alongside a massage parlour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The PAOCC stated its intention to seek the cancellation of the licence of an offshore gambling operator reportedly linked to the operation. Justice secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla <\/strong>said the compound housed \u201clarge-scale operations, very well capitalized that make money out of trafficking persons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Philippine National Police (PNP) has reported that in\u00a0the first six months of this year,\u00a0there were 4,039 victims of offshore gaming-related crimes, compared to 128 victims of 39 crimes in 2022. Senator Gatchalian, who chairs the\u00a0Senate Committee on Ways and Means<\/a>, called for the end of POGOs due to the harm they cause to the country\u2019s international reputation and the strain placed on law enforcement.\u00a0Senate minority floor leader Franklin Drilon<\/a>\u00a0has backed the call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authorities claim the operator was engaged in human trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Authorities in Pasay City, Philippines, raided two unlicensed gaming operators, uncovering a large-scale human trafficking operation involving hundreds of workers, including foreign nationals and Filipino women. The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) intends to revoke the license of an offshore gambling operator (OGO) linked to the scheme. Senior political figures are advocating for the complete cessation of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) due to escalating crime rates and reputational damage.","focusai_entities":"Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), CNN Philippines, Jesus Crispin Remulla, Philippine National Police (PNP), Senator Gatchalian, Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Franklin Drilon","focusai_location":"Philippines, Pasay City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Policy Impact","query":"What are the projected economic and regulatory implications for the Philippines if the proposed cessation of all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) is enacted?"},{"label":"Due Diligence Standards","query":"How will this incident influence the due diligence and compliance standards expected of B2B suppliers and licensed operators engaging with entities in high-risk jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[15789],"class_list":["post-777010682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010682","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=777010682"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041055,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010682\/revisions\/777041055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}