00:00The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, or PAOC, continues to target foreign nationals involved in POGO.
00:07According to the PAOC, more than 40,000 foreign nationals are involved in online scamming.
00:1320,000 of them have already done voluntary deportation, but more than half are still hiding.
00:22Although the Working Visa Tourist Act was downgraded last October,
00:26Memorandum Circular 2025 No. 1 issued this January,
00:31the DILG is fighting the absolute prohibition of POGO and non-renewal of all business permits and licenses.
00:41Under that, all LGUs are required to report to DILG or PNP field offices if they see small-scale POGO.
00:50They will also conduct regular inspections, especially to establishments that can protect small-scale POGO.
00:59The PAOC will continue to investigate, not just on the POGO operations issue, but on all kinds of scamming.
01:08Our problem with scamming is that it is done through hoaxes, POGO operations.
01:19The reason for that is that the pre-registered SIM cards are fake.
01:30Every time we investigate, it's always a blank wall.
01:35If the person is fake, the address is fake.
01:37So it's hard to investigate.
01:42Our target is those who make pre-registered SIM cards that are used for scams.
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