Holes in the ‘whole of government’

An official from the Department of Justice echoed a favorite catch-all phrase – “whole of government” approach. It was put forward as a way to check the Philippine offshore gaming operators industry from becoming hubs for online scam and other crimes. These online hubs for scams and crimes were discovered in the raids of suspected illegal POGO establishments in Tarlac and Pampanga.

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. earlier even raised concern on the reported presence of international criminal syndicates posing as POGO hubs that pose a threat to the country’s national security. Much earlier, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto concurred that POGOs pose “reputational risks” for the Philippines in its campaign to woo foreign investments.

Located in sprawling, “self-contained” compounds, the PAOCC-led raids were able to rescue victims of illegal detention, human trafficking and abused POGO workers. However, many of the rescued POGO workers did not possess any valid working permits from the Bureau of Immigration nor from the Department of Labor and Employment .

Just last Monday, the PNP Central Luzon Regional Director was placed under investigation for the POGO-related crimes under his area of command. The senators suspect hanky-panky in the issuance of the birth certificates of Guo and her siblings because they contained questionable differences. But the Guo’s were issued their individual Philippine passports by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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