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Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) along Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) raid a BPO compound in Bagac, Bataan on October 31,2024 alleged to be a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO), following a search warrant for human trafficking violations. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) along Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 
raid a BPO compound in Bagac, Bataan on October 31,2024 alleged to be a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO), following a search warrant for human trafficking violations. 

Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Katrina Domingo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173443168132920241031-pogo-raid-bagac-MT-16.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) along Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) raid a BPO compound in Bagac, Bataan on October 31,2024 alleged to be a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO), following a search warrant for human trafficking violations. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) along Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) raid a BPO compound in Bagac, Bataan on October 31,2024 alleged to be a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO), following a search warrant for human trafficking violations. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Malacañang is &quot;doing everything to hasten&quot; the process of forfeiting assets from illegal gambling operations in the Philippines, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Tuesday, hours after the government shut down Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) in Island Cove, Cavite.</p><p>While there are already laws on government acquisition of properties linked to illegal operations, the &quot;forfeiture process is very slow,&quot; Bersamin told reporters in a chance interview in Malacañang.</p><p>&quot;It comes usually at the end of the proceedings,&quot; he said.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/15/all-pogo-licenses-revoked-effective-sunday-dec-15-1635">READ: All POGO licenses revoked effective Sunday, Dec. 15</a></div><p>&quot;We are already doing everything to hasten the process, except that we have to give due process to whoever appears to be the owner of those assets,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Hindi namin puwedeng igrab basta, but we have already in place existing laws and regulation about forfeiture,&quot; he added.</p><p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. &quot;does not need to issue a directive&quot; on the forfeiture of illegal POGO properties in the Philippines as &quot;it&#x27;s already given that they will be forfeited if they were involved in a crime,&quot; the Executive Secretary said.</p><p>&quot;Those buildings will become assets of the government. The government will dispose of them,&quot; he said.</p><p>In July, Marcos Jr. ordered the government to shut down all POGO operations in the country after congressional investigations showed that the massive offshore gambling industry in the Philippines has been linked to crimes including torture and money laundering.</p><p>Several senators are pushing for the passage of an Anti-POGO Act, which will include a provision that all POGO assets can be &quot;forfeited in favor of the government.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/11/pogo-free-by-2025-govt-expects-rogue-pogos-to-flourish-vows-to-go-after-them-1558">READ: POGO-free by 2025? Gov&#x27;t expects &#x27;rogue&#x27; POGOs to flourish, vows to go after them</a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t54KdjlvDkw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Malacañang is "doing everything to hasten" the process of forfeiting assets from illegal gambling operations in the Philippines, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Tuesday.</p>

Malacañang is "doing everything to hasten" the process of forfeiting assets from illegal gambling operations in the Philippines, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Tuesday.

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Malacañang 'doing everything to hasten' forfeiture of illegal POGO properties: Bersamin

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Dec 17, 2024 06:37 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 17, 2024 07:05 PM PHT

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