MANILA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A Philippine trial court has sentenced a former mayor accused of having ties to Chinese criminal syndicates to life imprisonment after finding her guilty of human ...

A court in the Philippines convicted Alice Guo for trafficking people to a compound that officials have linked to online scams and organized crime. By Francesca Regalado The former mayor of a small ...

A Philippine court on Thursday convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming complex in a northern ...

When an online casino in the small Philippine town of Bamban was raided in March 2024, the authorities uncovered hundreds of captive workers and an internet scamming operation — among many more dark ...

Alice Guo is accused of faking Philippine nationality in order to win election in Bamban, a small agricultural town north of the capital Manila. Former Bamban mayor Alice Guo attends a hearing of an ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine trial court has sentenced a former mayor accused of having ties to Chinese criminal syndicates to life imprisonment after finding her guilty of human trafficking, a ...

A Philippine court has convicted a dismissed town mayor, who officials say is Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam complex where ...

Nov. 20 (UPI) --A Philippine judge on Thursday sentenced a former mayor convicted of human trafficking in connection with an illegal offshore gambling operation in her town, according to local reports ...

A Pasig court on Thursday found former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo guilty of qualified human trafficking and sentenced her to life imprisonment. The information was shared by the Presidential ...

MANILA, Philippines (Update 3, 2:18 p.m.) — Former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo was found guilty of qualified trafficking in persons. The verdict was handed down on Thursday, November 20. Guo was ...