Fifty-eight percent of crimes related to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) are human trafficking cases, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Monday, citing data from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
Fifty-eight percent of crimes related to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators are human trafficking cases, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Monday, citing data from the National Bureau of Investigation .
A letter sent by the NBI containing the summary of POGO-related cases showed that POGO-related crimes have reached 113 from November 2019 to March 2023. Of which 65 or 58% of the total number of cases involved human trafficking. Among the findings that Gatchalian included in his report was the “inherently unstable” business model of POGO due to the outsized foreign regulatory and political risks involved.
The POGO industry also appears to be a potent source of financial crime, Gatchalian said, citing reports of the Anti-Money Laundering Council indicating that service providers are highly vulnerable to money laundering.
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