Posts tagged #pogo (4)
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What's Left After the POGO Ban? Over 9,000 Foreigners Who Can't Go Home, and Perhaps 10 Times That in Scam Hubs in Residential Neighborhoods
Even after the ban, thousands of Chinese without passports remain, hubs have scattered into small houses in residential areas, and Filipinos have been sent to scam hubs abroad. I follow it with sources, through Cambodia's scam hubs and to Japanese recruited through "dark part-time jobs," and end with my own view.
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₱14 Billion in Suspicious Transactions, 2,714 People Rescued. The Money Behind Scam Hubs Run Under the Name of Casinos Was on Another Scale
Unlicensed POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operators) outnumbered licensed ones about 6 to 1. Many of the people rescued in raids were Filipinos. I lay out, with sources, the 17.6% unemployment rate during COVID, people sold over debts, a former mayor's conviction, and scattered pieces of money from different origins.
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Duterte Told Tax-Dodging POGOs to "Pay in 3 Days or Be Shot." Three Months Later, He Said "POGO Is Clean"
After the number of Chinese workers at POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operators) grew, Chinese kidnapping victims rose 71% in a year, bribes for entry were alleged, and tax figures didn't add up. President Duterte raged, later called POGO "clean," and it was President Marcos who declared the ban. I follow the sourced numbers.
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Gambling Dens Illegal in China, Built in the Philippines for Chinese Players. The Communist Party Was Furious, and Xi…
POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operators) is a business that exists because gambling is banned in China. I followed the sourced numbers: a state-run casino district, the 2016 licensing scheme, over 110,000 work permits for foreigners, Xi Jinping's 2019 remark, and what the Chinese government actually did.
