(UPDATE) POLICE arrested more than 450 people in a raid on an allegedly Chinese-run offshore gaming operator in Manila, the country’s anti-organized crime commission has said.
Initial interrogations suggested the suburban site had been operating as a scam center, targeting victims in China and India with sports betting and investment schemes, the commission said after the Thursday raid, which saw 137 Chinese detained.
“We arrested around five Chinese bosses,” commission chief Gilberto Cruz told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday, adding they faced potential trafficking charges.
Banned by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last year, Philippine online gaming…