{"id":777039259,"date":"2026-03-17T08:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777039259"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:27:35","slug":"the-philippines-ramps-up-crackdown-on-illegal-online-gambling-with-new-inter-agency-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-ramps-up-crackdown-on-illegal-online-gambling-with-new-inter-agency-alliance","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines ramps up crackdown on illegal online gambling with new inter-agency alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The CICC will assist PAOCC in building criminal cases by conducting digital forensic investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The creation of a new inter-agency alliance is intended to boost efforts to tackle illegal online gambling in the Philippines. The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Centre (CICC) says it has begun working with the Presidential Anti-Organised Crime Commission (PAOCC), the national gaming regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group to boost efforts targeting illegal online gambling in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CICC will assist PAOCC in building criminal cases by conducting digital forensic investigations and gathering evidence against operators. The agency will also lead efforts to block illegal gambling websites and online content identified by regulators and police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAOCC executive director Benjamin Acorda<\/strong> said stronger cooperation between agencies was essential to dismantle illegal operations and improve enforcement against cybercrime syndicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative comes after authorities recorded 1,891 complaints related to illegal online gambling between January and March 2026. CICC executive director Aboy Paraiso<\/strong> warned that some platforms are deliberately designed to deceive users. \u201cThey are really taking people\u2019s money; deceiving our countrymen. And what is more alarming is the business model; it\u2019s addictive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> PAGCOR start enforcement of B2B accreditation rules<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CICC will assist PAOCC in building criminal cases by conducting digital forensic investigations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":16906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A new inter-agency alliance, comprising CICC, PAOCC, PAGCOR, and the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group, has been established in the Philippines to intensify efforts against illegal online gambling. This initiative will leverage digital forensic investigations and website blocking to dismantle illicit operations, driven by a significant rise in complaints and concerns over deceptive platforms. The collaboration aims to enhance regulatory compliance and market integrity.","focusai_entities":"CICC, Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Centre, PAOCC, Presidential Anti-Organised Crime Commission, PAGCOR, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group, Benjamin Acorda, Aboy Paraiso","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Scope","query":"What specific metrics or KPIs will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of this inter-agency alliance in reducing illegal online gambling GGR and NGR within the Philippines?"},{"label":"Regulatory Integration","query":"How will the enhanced digital forensic capabilities and website blocking efforts by CICC and PAOCC integrate with PAGCOR's B2B accreditation rules enforcement to create a unified regulatory compliance framework?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[24628,156,158,16333],"tags":[24876,24634,405,24804],"class_list":["post-777039259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cybercrime","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-pagcor","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039259","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=777039259"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777039269,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039259\/revisions\/777039269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777039259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777039259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777039259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}