{"id":243367,"date":"2020-01-29T01:45:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T06:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=243367"},"modified":"2025-01-08T08:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:23:01","slug":"pnp-to-intensify-crackdown-vs-sex-dens-for-pogo-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/29\/pnp-to-intensify-crackdown-vs-sex-dens-for-pogo-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP to intensify crackdown vs. sex dens for POGO workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_236027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236027\" style=\"width: 3600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/oic-gamboa-j.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-236027 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/oic-gamboa-j.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/oic-gamboa-j.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/oic-gamboa-j-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/oic-gamboa-j-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/oic-gamboa-j-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa announces the dismissal of three policemen involved in the controversial anti-illegal drug operation in Antipolo City last May during a press conference at Camp Crame in Quezon City on Monday (Oct. 21, 2019). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday ordered its Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC) to intensify the campaign against prostitution following the rise of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPNP chief Gen. Archie Francisco has ordered the Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC) under Brig.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lipitor online <a href=\"http:\/\/dentalhacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/lipitor.html\">http:\/\/dentalhacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/lipitor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Gen. Alessandro Abella to intensify further the campaign against prostitution in coordination with regional and local police units,\u201d PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Gamboa\u2019s order came after Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the government would probe into the emergence of Chinese prostitution dens in the country, which was supposedly linked to the operation of the POGOs.<\/p>\n<p>Banac said in 2019, the WCPC raided sex dens linked to POGO workers which resulted in the rescue of 140 foreign victims and arrest of 55 suspects.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy semaglutide online <a href=\"http:\/\/dentalhacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/semaglutide.html\">http:\/\/dentalhacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/semaglutide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In a Palace briefing Tuesday, Panelo said those who are responsible for the operations of the prostitution rings in the country will be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, the Senate committee on women, children, family relations, and gender equality led by its chairperson, Senator Risa Hontiveros conducted the hearing on Chinese sex rings in the country.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vibramycin online <a href=\"http:\/\/dentalhacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vibramycin.html\">http:\/\/dentalhacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vibramycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>During the Senate hearing, Hontiveros bared that Chinese workers in POGOs are hiring Filipina and foreign women for sex.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshots from a group chat obtained by Hontiveros found that there have been \u201cpackages\u201d offered to clients depending on the nationality of the sex worker and the length of service.<\/p>\n<p>The National Bureau of Investigation in October last year rescued 91 Chinese and four Filipino women from a karaoke bar in Makati City that served as sex den for Chinese clients.<\/p>\n<p>Early this month, Duterte sought the imposition of restrictions to regulate the number of POGOs in the country which is expected to reduce the increasing cases of corruption, extortion, and kidnapping linked to the operations of online gaming.<\/p>\n<p>There are around 60 POGOs operating in the country, data from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation showed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday ordered its Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC) to intensify the campaign &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":236027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280753,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243367\/revisions\/280753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}