{"id":777038299,"date":"2026-02-23T08:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777038299"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:09:55","slug":"philippines-to-tighten-casino-monitoring-under-new-aml-ctf-strategy-for-2026-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-to-tighten-casino-monitoring-under-new-aml-ctf-strategy-for-2026-2030","title":{"rendered":"Philippines to tighten casino monitoring under new AML\/CTF strategy for 2026\u20132030"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities, led by the Anti-Money Laundering Council, aim to strengthen oversight of high-risk sectors ahead of a 2027 evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed all relevant government agencies to support the drafting of an updated National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism\/Proliferation Financing Strategy (NACS). A new national strategy for 2026\u20132030 is to see increased scrutiny of casinos and other high-risk industries as the country works to avoid returning to Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) \u201cgrey list.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AMLC has been tasked with leading the process ahead of the fourth mutual evaluation by the Asia\/Pacific Group on Money Laundering in 2027. The Philippine National Police has pledged cooperation, including data sharing and joint operations targeting organised crime groups and illicit financial networks. Authorities plan to expand the use of technology and data analytics to detect suspicious transactions, particularly cross-border financial flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High-risk sectors such as casinos and import\/export businesses will be subject to closer monitoring. Law enforcement units, including cybercrime and criminal investigation divisions, are also receiving specialised training in financial forensics, emerging financial crimes and money laundering trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FATF removed the Philippines from its grey list in February 2025 after nearly four years of enhanced monitoring. The clean-up of the gaming sector, including the shutdown of offshore operators and tighter oversight of junket activities, was cited as a key factor in that progress. Nonetheless, authorities acknowledge that sustaining compliance will be a long-term process. The 2027 review will assess the Philippines\u2019 technical adherence to the FATF\u2019s 40 recommendations on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Philippine regulator considers ban on gambling advertising<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities, led by the Anti-Money Laundering Council, aim to strengthen oversight of high-risk sectors ahead of a 2027 evaluation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":25033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines is intensifying its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism\/Proliferation Financing (AML\/CTPF) efforts, led by the AMLC, with a new national strategy for 2026\u20132030. This initiative mandates increased scrutiny of high-risk sectors, notably casinos, to ensure sustained compliance and prevent a return to the FATF grey list ahead of the critical 2027 mutual evaluation. The strategy involves enhanced technology use, data analytics, and specialized law enforcement training to detect illicit financial flows.","focusai_entities":"Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Asia\/Pacific Group on Money Laundering, Philippine National Police","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), tech_data (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AML Strategy Impact","query":"How will the updated 2026-2030 National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism\/Proliferation Financing Strategy specifically alter B2B and B2C licensing requirements and operational compliance for existing Philippine gaming verticals?"},{"label":"2027 Evaluation Preparedness","query":"What specific technical adherence gaps to FATF's 40 recommendations are authorities prioritizing to address before the 2027 Asia\/Pacific Group on Money Laundering mutual evaluation, particularly concerning cross-border financial flows and junket operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[24628,156,16333],"tags":[25001,24993,337,24804],"class_list":["post-777038299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-aml-ctf","tag-anti-money-laundering","tag-regulation","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038299","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777038299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038317,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038299\/revisions\/777038317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777038299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}