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Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns | Going "scorched-earth" on the entire industry to curb the illegal businesses
POGOs, short for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, are companies licensed by the government to run online gambling sites for overseas players, especially in mainland China where such...
POGOs, short for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, are companies licensed by the government to run online gambling sites for overseas players, especially in mainland China where such activities are illegal. "Disguising as legitimate entities, their operations have ventured into illicit areas furthest from gaming such as financial scamming, money laundering, prostitution, human trafficking, kidnapping, brutal torture, even murder," Marcos said during his annual State of the Nation address this week. It centers on a mayor named Alice Guo who allegedly faked being a Filipino citizen to run an illegal POGO empire, complete with human detention cells and over 800 victims rescued from her scam compounds.
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