Popular Post reader Posted September 27, 2022 Popular Post Posted September 27, 2022 From Thai PBS World The Philippines will deport 40,000 Chinese workers in a crackdown on unlicensed online gaming businesses, an official said Tuesday, after reports of kidnapping, prostitution and murder in the gambling industry. So-called Philippine offshore gaming operators, or POGOs, have boomed since 2016 as former president Rodrigo Duterte pursued closer trade and investment ties with China. But the influx of tens of thousands of Chinese workers in the sector that targets customers in China, where gambling is illegal, has created friction. Many Filipinos complain POGOs have evaded taxes and driven up property rates while not providing job opportunities because not enough locals speak Chinese languages. Lonnie, Mavica, TMax and 2 others 2 3 Quote
GWMinUS Posted October 1, 2022 Posted October 1, 2022 POGOs have been a problem for years in the PH. Glad to see the new President is taking this action. INGAT Quote
TMax Posted October 2, 2022 Posted October 2, 2022 6 hours ago, GWMinUS said: POGOs have been a problem for years in the PH. Glad to see the new President is taking this action. INGAT You are so right there, I had been reading about the problems for quite a while and had always wondered if the problems were so obvious to everyone why weren't they shut down earlier? Then of course I think of the old saying "follow the money trail" and started to wonder just how high up the trail went and suspect it went very high. GWMinUS 1 Quote
Marstata Posted October 3, 2022 Posted October 3, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 5:50 AM, GWMinUS said: POGOs have been a problem for years in the PH. Glad to see the new President is taking this action. INGAT Yes. An increasing number of crime related to this offshore gaming operation. Quote
