MANILA, Dec. 8 -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) is intensifying its campaign against illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) and internet gaming licensees (IGLs) following the discovery of an alleged illegal online gaming hub posing as an information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) company in Taguig City last Dec. 1.

Elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Southern Metro Manila District Field Unit and the Southern Police District (SPD), in coordination with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), were conducting a manhunt operation for a Chinese national wanted for estafa when they discovered the alleged illicit POGO/IGL hub in an establishment in Upper McKi...