Senators yesterday renewed their call for President Marcos to ban Philippine offshore gaming operator firms, citing their threat to national security and ties to organized crime.
Senators made this call after holding an executive session on Wednesday about the illegal activities involving POGOs, such as money laundering, human trafficking and financial scams.MANILA, Philippines — Senators yesterday renewed their call for President Marcos to ban Philippine offshore gaming operator firms, citing their threat to national security and ties to organized crime.
“I am shaken because our intelligence agencies were able to confirm our worst fear – that corruption due to POGOs has become entrenched, and that its influence has expanded into politics, law enforcement, and immigration,” Gatchalian said in Filipino. “Our suggestion to the NSC is to relay to the President, who is its chairman, our concern that POGOs should be banned because these pose a national security threat,” Gatchalian said.
“There is no need to complicate this matter of the POGOs. They should be banned as a matter of public policy for being against our national interest,” he added.The facility described by the Philippine National Police as a scam hub raided by law enforcement authorities in Porac, Pampanga on Tuesday night is connected with the POGO firm that was shut down in Bamban, Tarlac.
Meanwhile, Porac municipal police station chief Lt. Col. Palmyra Guardaya was relieved from her post and replaced by her deputy as part of a pending investigation to determine if local police committed lapses in failing to monitor the illegal activities within the scam farm, Fajardo said.
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