Criminality impacting on legitimate gaming enterprises, writes Asia Gaming Brief.
China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are currently the largest illegal betting markets in Asia, and all of them have “limited or ineffective legal betting markets that cannot compete with the illegal market”, the chairman of the council on anti-illegal betting and related financial crime for the Asian Racing Federation (ARF), Martin Purbrick, told Asia Gaming Brief in an interview.
In October, the ARF and The Mekong Club, a non-profit organisation focused on addressing modern slavery and related crimes, published a report on how illegal gambling in the region drives human trafficking operations.
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