{"id":777040349,"date":"2026-04-10T08:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040349"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:39:23","slug":"hanois-luxury-enclaves-become-a-new-hub-for-illegal-online-gambling-syndicates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hanois-luxury-enclaves-become-a-new-hub-for-illegal-online-gambling-syndicates","title":{"rendered":"Hanoi’s luxury enclaves become new hub for illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amid enforcement in Cambodia and Myanmar, criminal organisations are migrating to Vietnam, Hanoi says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Vietnam.- The Hanoi Department of Public Security has warned that criminal groups previously located in Cambodia, Myanmar and the Philippines are now using Hanoi\u2019s upscale gated communities as bases. It says authorities identified three major cases involving 58 foreign nationals between mid-December 2025 and March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than the large industrial compounds in the Mekong region, groups were opting for small, mobile cells operating under the cover of legitimate high-end residency, it says. It added that groups were organising internet gambling alongside phone-scam activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To minimise local pressure, the groups avoid targeting Vietnamese citizens, focusing on victims in South Korea, Japan and other Asian nations. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Myanmar detains 85 in raids on cross-border online gambling networks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amid enforcement in Cambodia and Myanmar, criminal organisations are migrating to Vietnam, Hanoi says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":12678,"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 Hanoi Department of Public Security reports a migration of criminal organizations, previously active in Cambodia, Myanmar, and the Philippines, to Vietnam. These groups are now utilizing upscale residential areas in Hanoi for illicit internet gambling and phone scam operations, primarily targeting foreign nationals in South Korea, Japan, and other Asian markets. This shift reflects evolving enforcement pressures in the Mekong region and a change in operational tactics towards smaller, more discreet cells.","focusai_entities":"Hanoi Department of Public Security","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Hanoi, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.7), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.75), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regional Enforcement Impact","query":"What specific regulatory and enforcement actions in Cambodia and Myanmar are driving the migration of these illicit gambling operations to Vietnam?"},{"label":"Cross-Border AML Implications","query":"How will this shift in illicit operational bases impact cross-border AML intelligence sharing and collaborative enforcement efforts among regional financial intelligence units and gaming regulators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24634,94],"class_list":["post-777040349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040349","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=777040349"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040364,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040349\/revisions\/777040364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777040349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}