Deploying peak campaigns to destroy gambling lines and gangs

SGGPO 05/27/2023 19:34

On May 27, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang signed and issued Directive 16/CT-TTG on strengthening the prevention and fight against crimes and violations of laws related to gambling organization and gambling activities.

Authorities raid an online gambling ring

The Directive clearly states that in recent years, the situation of organized gambling and gambling crimes has become more complicated, especially in cyberspace, with increasingly serious nature, level, and consequences, diverse in composition and age, occurring in most localities, causing many consequences and being the cause of many other types of crimes.

The main leaders are overseas, taking advantage of science and technology, colluding with Vietnamese people to form a large-scale gambling organization network, with hundreds of thousands of participants. Many foreigners enter the country, using locations in Vietnam as intermediaries to set up and manage betting websites to organize gambling via the Internet in third countries; the situation of Vietnamese people going abroad to gamble or become agents, employees of betting companies, bookmakers, casinos, negatively affecting security and order.

To strengthen the prevention and fight against crimes and violations of the law related to gambling and gambling organization activities to ensure security and order, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security to strengthen the work of grasping the situation, promptly detecting and strictly handling gambling and gambling organization activities. Deploying peak periods of attacking, suppressing and destroying criminal lines and gangs operating in gambling and gambling organization activities. Effectively implementing the work of receiving and handling denunciations, crime reports, and recommendations for prosecution related to gambling and gambling organization activities.

At the same time, it is necessary to do a good job of immigration management, promptly detect, prevent, combat and handle foreigners entering Vietnam to gamble, organize gambling and Vietnamese people leaving the country to gamble or organize illegal gambling.

The Ministry of Information and Communications shall strengthen state management of online electronic games, strictly manage the appraisal of online electronic game scripts, and strictly handle individuals and organizations that take advantage of online electronic games to organize gambling and gamble for illegal profits. Prevent and delete articles, content, images, etc. of illegal advertisements related to organizing gambling and gambling activities.

The Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to direct telecommunications and Internet service providers to block and remove websites, links, and applications related to gambling and gambling activities in cyberspace when requested by competent authorities. Strictly manage Internet and mobile subscribers (3G, 4G, 5G), ensuring that active subscribers have information that complies with regulations and matches the National Population Database. Review, inspect, and deploy solutions to authenticate, suspend or revoke violating subscribers, and remove "junk" SIMs to prevent criminals from taking advantage of gambling and organizing gambling.

The State Bank of Vietnam is assigned to strengthen the screening and detection of suspicious transactions to take measures to handle and provide information to the Ministry of Public Security to serve the fight and handling; coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to strictly handle acts of renting, leasing, borrowing, lending, buying, selling, opening bank accounts and e-wallets.

The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to strengthen the management, inspection and examination of businesses operating casinos, electronic games with prizes for foreigners; betting on horse racing, dog racing and international football. Study the necessity and feasibility of expanding the scope of subjects allowed to participate in some types of legal betting and new types of betting that can be legalized to meet the practical situation.

The Ministry of Finance coordinates with localities to strengthen the management of lottery business activities, not allowing subjects to take advantage of organizing gambling and gambling in the form of buying lottery numbers, lottery numbers or distributing lottery tickets in the wrong way. Complete the legal framework on lottery business in accordance with the current market situation...

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