the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC)<\/a> criticised the way a raid was conducted on an illegal offshore gambling and scam operator in Ermita, Manila. It said the operation was flawed because foreign suspects arrested during the raid were later reportedly released.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn a statement released on Saturday (November 2), the PAOCC said: \u201cThe Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission was not part of the raid that was spearheaded by the PNP NCRPO (National Capital Region Police Office) and the PNP ACG. We were never consulted nor informed regarding this operation. We never release any foreign nationals caught in offshore gaming operations.\u201d Additionally, the PAOCC urged, \u201cPlease do not associate PAOCC with flawed operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PNP aims to close all offshore gaming operators by year-end<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
PNP\u00a0chief general Rommel Francisco Marbil\u00a0<\/strong>has said that the police is committed to shutting all offshore gaming operators by year-end. At a press conference, he commended the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) for shutting an operation dubbed the\u00a0\u201cmother of all scam hubs\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>at the Century Peak Tower in Manila. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senator Gatchalian called on the various law enforcement agencies to adopt a consolidated approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777006346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has urged Philippine law enforcement agencies, including the PNP, PAOCC, NBI, BI, and PAGCOR, to adopt a consolidated approach to eradicate offshore gaming operator-linked criminalities, citing a lack of coordination that could weaken enforcement efforts. This call follows a PAOCC criticism of a flawed raid where foreign suspects were reportedly released. The PNP aims to shut down all offshore gaming operators by year-end.","focusai_entities":"Sherwin Gatchalian, Philippine National Police, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, PAOCC, National Bureau of Investigation, NBI, Bureau of Immigration, BI, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, PNP NCRPO, PNP ACG, Rommel Francisco Marbil","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, Ermita","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Inter-agency Coordination Impact","query":"What specific governance framework adjustments are being considered to enhance inter-agency coordination and prevent operational discrepancies in future enforcement actions against illegal offshore gaming operators?"},{"label":"POGO Sector Outlook","query":"How will the intensified government crackdown on illegal offshore gaming operators impact the operational stability and licensing renewal prospects for legitimate Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the near to medium term?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,158,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777020490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020490","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=777020490"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777020502,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020490\/revisions\/777020502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777006346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777020490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777020490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777020490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}