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Philippines cracks down on illegal offshore gambling firms
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoPhilippine authorities have launched a crackdown on illegal offshore gambling operators, several run by Chinese firms, as calls to ban these activities mount due to their alleged links to criminal ...
Philippines shuts 214 illegal online gambling operations
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhilippine officials say they have shut down at least 214 illegal Chinese offshore gambling operations and deported the first six of nearly 400 Chinese workers who have been detained under a ...
This man says he lost all his savings gambling online in China, where players visit 'mirror'...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn China, where gambling websites are blocked, companies like Bet365 use "mirror websites" which...
Weak penalties for cockfighting show no regard to laws in place
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe same voters who approved State Question 687 to outlaw cockfighting elected me to my third term...
Fatal Hawaii shooting shows dangers of popular cockfights
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPolice in Hawaii have vowed to step up illegal gambling enforcement after one of the most serious...
UN warns hundreds of thousands in Southeast Asia roped into online scams
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoThe U.N. human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in...
How Suspects Laundered Billions in Singapore for Years
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 6 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Wang Dehai was already on the run when he made Singapore his home five years ago....
‘My husband beat me over and over – I still can’t legally divorce him’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAna takes out her phone and scrolls through the grim set of photos. In them, her face is purple and...
'Hundreds of thousands' trafficked into SE Asia scam centres - UN
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHundreds of thousands of people are being trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam...
UPDATE 1-China warns citizens in Singapore to stay away from gambling
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoChina's embassy in Singapore on Monday urged its citizens in the city-state to stay away from all forms of betting, saying gambling overseas violates Chinese laws. The warning comes as Beijing ...