Philippines arrests 244 suspects in online scam crackdown
- Criminal gangs accused of using Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) as cover for human trafficking, fraud, murder.
- Philippine authorities have arrested more than 200 foreign workers, mostly Chinese, in their biggest crackdown this year on illegal offshore gaming operators.
- The country’s Immigration Bureau reported late on Saturday that military and other law enforcement agencies had raided two addresses on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Friday.
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- Criminal gangs accused of using Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) as cover for human trafficking, fraud, murder.
- Philippine authorities have arrested more than 200 foreign workers, mostly Chinese, in their biggest crackdown this year on illegal offshore gaming operators.
- The country’s Immigration Bureau reported late on Saturday that military and other law enforcement agencies had raided two addresses on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Friday.
Sources: Al Jazeera