The Thaiger
Laos deports 41 Thai gambling website workers after crackdown
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Lao officials have deported 41 Thai nationals who allegedly operated online gambling websites from Vientiane after previously working as gambling website administrators in Cambodia.
Key facts
- Lao officials have deported 41 Thai nationals who allegedly operated online gambling websites from Vientiane after previously working as gambling website administrators in Cambodia.
- Thai officials received the group at the Territorial Defence Volunteer Company in Mueang district, Nong Khai, yesterday, August 10
- Initial screening found that none of the 41 were considered victims of human trafficking and none had outstanding arrest warrants.
- Checks of their travel histories found that all 41 had previously worked as administrators for gambling websites in Cambodia
Summary
Thai officials received the group at the Territorial Defence Volunteer Company in Mueang district, Nong Khai, yesterday, August 10. The returnees comprised 30 women and 11 men who had been arrested in Laos before being deported to Thailand .
Initial screening found that none of the 41 were considered victims of human trafficking and none had outstanding arrest warrants.