World View with Marites Vitug: Inside the fight against POGOs - Rappler

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MANILA, Philippines – Scam compounds linked to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) have become a major organized crime problem in the country, with human trafficking, online scams, and other criminal activities converging in the same operations.

Former Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) officials Winnie Quidato and Winston Casio draw on their experience dismantling scam compounds in their new book, The Rogue Compound: POGOs, Human Trafficking, and the Fight to Reclaim the Philippines.

On Friday, September 18, Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug speaks to Quidato and Casio about how scam compounds took root in the Philippines, the challenges law enforcement faced in going after them, and what it takes to dismantle these criminal networks.

Quidato is a retired police officer with decades of experience in intelligence work. He spent three years working to dismantle scam compounds as PAOCC deputy executive director. Casio, meanwhile, is a crime analyst and educator who served as PAOCC spokesperson.

With the Anti-POGO Act now in place, do POGOs still operate underground?

Catch the interview on Thursday at 6 pm! – Rappler.com