{"id":777013827,"date":"2024-03-11T08:34:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T11:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013827"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:11:37","slug":"cambodia-195-face-deportation-after-police-raid-illegal-online-gambling-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-195-face-deportation-after-police-raid-illegal-online-gambling-operations","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: 195 face deportation after police raid illegal online gambling operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police carried out two raids against illegal gambling in Sihanoukville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cambodia.- Police in Sihanoukville have\u00a0<strong>arrested 195 foreigners<\/strong>\u00a0accused of involvement in illegal gambling. An initial raid at the former site of the Paradis Island Casino on March 9 resulted in the discovery of 172 foreigners, predominantly Vietnamese, Thai, Taiwanese and Chinese.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Khmer Times, five managers of Taiwanese and Chinese nationality will face legal proceedings. Meanwhile, 167 of those arrested were handed over to the General Department of Immigration for deportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second operation, carried out on March 10, targeted a location in Group 23, Village 2, Sangkat 3, Sihanoukville. Police found 279 Cambodians and 28 from China and Myanmr. The 28 foreigners have been slated for deportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month,\u00a0<strong>Touch Sokhak<\/strong>, the deputy spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, said <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-496-arrested-for-illegal-gambling-in-first-two-months-of-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">496 people were arrested in operations at 300 illicit gambling sites<\/a>\u00a0in the first two months of the year.\u00a0According to Sokhak, law enforcement authorities took legal action against 69 operations, initiating procedural cases against 194 suspects to be prosecuted in court.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodias-prime-minister-calls-for-end-to-gambling-investments\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambodia\u2019s prime minister calls for end to gambling investments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police carried out two raids against illegal gambling in Sihanoukville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodian authorities have executed two significant enforcement operations against illegal gambling in Sihanoukville, resulting in the arrest of 195 foreign nationals, predominantly from Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, China, and Myanmar. These raids, including one at the former Paradis Island Casino site, led to 195 individuals being processed for deportation and five managers facing legal proceedings. This action aligns with broader Q1 enforcement, where 496 arrests were made across 300 illicit sites, signaling Cambodia's heightened commitment to regulatory compliance and combating unauthorized gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Paradis Island Casino, Khmer Times, General Department of Immigration, Touch Sokhak, Ministry of Interior","focusai_location":"Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Myanmar","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed Operators?","query":"How will Cambodia's intensified crackdown on illicit gambling and the Prime Minister's call to cease new investments impact the operational viability and regulatory burden for existing licensed gaming operators within the jurisdiction?"},{"label":"Cross-Border AML Implications?","query":"What are the specific cross-border AML and immigration compliance implications for financial institutions and payment providers given the significant number of foreign nationals involved in these illegal gambling operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777013827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013827","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=777013827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013844,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013827\/revisions\/777013844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}